Bontobahari

Bontobahari
Bontobahari
Kecamatan and town
	Bontobahari Location in Sulawesi
	Coordinates: 5°31′31″S 120°21′35″E
Country	Indonesia
Province	South Sulawesi
Regency	Bulukumba Regency
Time zone	UTC+7 (WIB)

Bontobahari or Bonto Bahari is a small town and kecamatan in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The town is located on the south-eastern coast of Sulawesi on the Flores Sea and the surrounding area forms the Bontobahari Faunal Reserve, a protected area under conservation.

Economy

Bonto Bahari means "Land of the Sea"; it is located at sea level and the soil in area is said to be too thin to support agriculture.[1][2] It contains a series of fishponds which are owned by local villagers.[3] Bontobahari is noted for its Konjo or Kunjo boatbuilders, Konjo being a tribe which inhabit Bontobahari and surrounding areas of Kajang, Herlang and Bonto Tiro within the Bulukumba Regency.[4] In 1987 villagers built the Hati Marege and in December of that year, 13 people from Makassar sailed for northern Australia in it. The trip was a success and today this boat which was built in Bontobahari is located in the Darwin Museum.[5]

References

John E. Fa; Donald G. Lindburg (1996). Evolution and ecology of macaque societies. Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 0-521-41680-9.
Gibson, Thomas (2005). And the sun pursued the moon: symbolic knowledge and traditional authority among the Makassar. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-2865-8.
Masayoshi Shigeta; Yntiso D. Gebre (2005). Environment, livelihood and local praxis in Asia and Africa. Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University. p. 20.
Gregerson, Marilyn (1993). Ritual, belief, and kinship in Sulawesi. Volume 31 of Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas, International Museum of Cultures. p. 100. ISBN 0-88312-621-4.
Stephenson, Peta (2007). The outsiders within: telling Australia's indigenous-Asian story. UNSW Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-86840-836-1.

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[1] John E. Fa; Donald G. Lindburg (1996). Evolution and ecology of macaque societies. Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 0-521-41680-9.

[2] Gibson, Thomas (2005). And the sun pursued the moon: symbolic knowledge and traditional authority among the Makassar. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-2865-8.

[3] Masayoshi Shigeta; Yntiso D. Gebre (2005). Environment, livelihood and local praxis in Asia and Africa. Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University. p. 20.

[4] Gregerson, Marilyn (1993). Ritual, belief, and kinship in Sulawesi. Volume 31 of Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas, International Museum of Cultures. p. 100. ISBN 0-88312-621-4.

[5] Stephenson, Peta (2007). The outsiders within: telling Australia's indigenous-Asian story. UNSW Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-86840-836-1.