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Kota Parepare Sulawesi Selatan, 150 km dari kota Makassar dikenal memiliki hutan kota (jompie) yang luar biasa dan sampai saat ini seperti tidak dipahami keberadaannya, baik pejabat ataupun masyarakatnya sendiri. Dalam kawasan hutan Jompie banyak ditemukan berbagai jenis pohon dan tanaman langka yg jarang ada di Indonesia bahkan di dunia. Cuma dua kota di Indonesia yg memiliki hutan kota yg luas, yaitu Bogor dan PAREPARE.

Ironisnya, potensi hutan kota ini tidak dilirik sama sekali.... Padahal dalam sebuah pidato kenegaraan, Presiden RI, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sangat mewanti-wanti hutan Jompie ini agar di perhatikan baik-baik karena presiden ini ingin masyarakat Parepare sadar bahwa hutan jompie merupakan salah satu potensi yang mewakili pencitraan indonesia dalam pengelolaan lingkungan hijau GLOBAL.

Bersama dengan Hutan di Bantaeng, Hutan jompie ini juga merupakan salah satu kawasan hutan kota yang menyerupai penataan kota hijau seperti di Kanada, herannya, malah hutan pedesaan kabupaten Bantaeng yang lebih populer.

Bisa dianggap, pemerintah kota parepare selama ini minim ide pengembangan tentang lingkungan hijau perkotaan. Mereka tidak punya wawasan cemerlang untuk mengolah potensi yg sungguh luar biasa ini... Jika dikelola dgn pemahaman yg baik, maka Hutan Jompie ini dipastikan menjadi sumber pendapatan besar dan bisa mengangkat citra kota parepare yang selama ini jelas makin terpuruk diantara kabupaten kota lainnya yg ada di Sulsel. Satu hal yang perlu diketahui, kota Pare-pare mendapatkan piala Adipura dari kementerian lingkungan hidup karena hutan Jompie ini masih bisa terjaga kendati tidak dikelola dengan baik. Namun, kesuksesan penghijauan yang sudah diraih beberapa kali itu ternyata belum mampu membuka mata pemerintah setempat, apalagi masyarakatnya untuk mengembangkan potensi hutan kota ini.

Buffalo Market

Tha Dance of The king Soldiers

Tana Toraja is one of the counties located within the province of South Sulawesi capital in Makale . It is located about 330 KM north of the city of Makassar .
Traveled to Tana Toraja would not be complete without a visit here . Many are found all the elements of the traditional arts in the culture of Toraja , namely custom home Tongkonan , reeds or rice barns , cemeteries , and the making of handicrafts typical of Tana Toraja carving . The district capital is Makale have absolute craft process requires very high artistic ability and artistic.

 Sandeq is kind of outrigger sailboat with a sail that has long been used by Mandar fishermen or as a means of transportation between islands in West Sulawesi. The form is flat, with a width ranging from 1.5 to 2 meters long and 6-9 meters makes it more agile and faster than other sailboats. This boat is very famous as a maritime cultural heritage Society Mandar, West Sulawesi, Indonesia. Before the use of the motor (engine), sandeq transportation between islands become the most dominant reason than licah and fast, sandeq also can sail downwind, ie with zigzag sailing techniques (in the Mandar language referred to as "Makkarakkayi").

selling with sister (Losari Beach, Makassar)

Deliver pigs that have been baked in a ritual ceremony ( Tana Toraja)

In all parts of the world , many children are involved in domestic work for a wage or not in the house belonging to the third group or employer . Hidden from public outreach , they are somewhat vulnerable to exploitation . The ILO estimates that there are 2.6 million domestic workers in Indonesia , where 26 percent of them children under the age of 18 years . The majority of domestic workers are women , about 90 percent , with a low education level ; generally come from poor families from rural areas .

Agricultural land in Toraja is quite unique, from the hilly geography of mountains, terraced rice paddies terraced contours make it a priority. Toraja society in general have become accustomed to the natural conditions of the climb. Very different from the wetlands in South Sulawesi, which generally extend in the lowlands.
 
With the hilly terrain conditions , it is difficult to build irrigation canals , no technical irrigation . But that does not matter , capturing the rain water was carried out , nature has prepared everything .

Street Musician

Coconut Seller

Information on national television on Makassar , South Sulawesi lately Makasarese gives a rough image and scrappy . It's imposible sheer . Makassar society in general embraces the culture without further ado . This culture affects people's attitudes are relatively straightforward and " seem " less than friendly . However , the honesty of the people of the city are included in both categories . The attitude seems to characterize what it is that city people . Culture without further ado actually very important in social life and business .

In Bugis tradition, the role of women is not only used as a symbol of loveliness or household caregiver for her husband and her children. However, long way since the first narrated the epic La Galigo, Bugis Women already come to dominate the socio-cultural institutions and politics in Bugis kingdoms.
In the book History of Java (1817), Thomas Stanford Raffles noted amazed impression of the role of women in the Bugis society
“The women are held in more esteem than could be expected from the state of civilization in general, and undergo none of those severe hardships, privations or labours that restrict fecundity in other parts of the world”

Selayar Island is a small island located in Selayar Regency, South Sulawesi. This district is an island district with 95 percent of the area is water. The remaining 5 percent is made up of 123 islands with 62 islands that have been inhabited. Selayar district capital is the City of Fort. Travel to the island Selayar takes about 10 hours from the city of Makassar.
Selayar coral atoll islands have extensive reef flat expanse of the 3rd largest in the world with an area of ​​220,000 hectares after Kwajifein Atoll in the Marshall Islands and atolls in the Maldives Suvadiva. Do not ask again for its natural affairs, Selayar Sea and waters rich in marine life with various types which indicates that the condition is still very pure and unspoiled. In addition to the natural beauty of the marine, many Selayar Islands storing historical past associated with the development of world civilization, is evidenced by the many found the point where the sinking of the ships in the sea past. Treasure trove of antiques clearly mounting in the bottom of the sea and has always been, it has been a target tissue treasure hunters from around the world.

Langkadea Island is located in the district or Pangkep Pangkajene Islands , South Sulawesi . Small uninhabited island offers so much charm and beauty of marine sea is clean .
This beautiful island is quite shady with trees and a stretch of fine white sand beach . The island extends from south to north , a stretch of wide white sand beach located on the east side and the west . It did not take long to encircle the entire beach side of this small island .
On the island Langkadea , we can enjoy the beautiful moment of sunrise and sunset as well .

Builders in Iron or cluster of islands that is famous by the name of Wakatobi , there is an island with underwater park is very beautiful . The island is named after the island of Hoga and berlokasinya in eastern Kaledupa , Wakatobi , Southeast Sulawesi Province . This is a hidden underwater paradise in Wakatobi , once again enjoy the natural beauty of dating a charming underwater here .

Breeding and breeding of turtles on the island Liukang , Bulukumba South Sulawesi . Captive turtles do local residents for almost 7 years initially only non-governmental and community agencies then slowly developed jointly managed NGOs and government .

 The turtle breeding islands placed dipinggiran Liukang by utilizing the marine environment is still clean and not contaminated so that it can provide flexibility for turtles to breed naturally and healthy . Dozens of captive turtles that live in the local community supervision .

Highland Batu Tumonga

Tana Toraja , South Sulawesi , may have succeeded in inviting the traveler from all around the world through its uniqueness . Almost every holiday season , Tator , a popular designation for Tana Toraja , always crowded with tourists from abroad and domestic to see the natural beauty and unique culture .Overland journey to Toraja is as far as 320 km , with a travel time of about 7 to 8 hours , from the city of Makassar . in general , tourist destinations in Tator concentrated in two areas namely , in the south of the capital Makale and Toraja Toraja Rantepao north of the capital . The southern region has a route that is flat and even declined , while in the north the opposite .

Bissu is priest religion of ancient pre - Islamic Bugis . Bissu considered to accommodate two elements of human gender , ie male - male and female ( hermaphroditic beings who embody female and male elements ) . In addition Bissu also able to experience two natural beings and nature , namely the spiritual realm . Natural creature that is where Bissu existing in the real world . While the existence of the spiritual realm that Bissu that can communicate with the gods . This is done by the Bissu only during rituals - rituals performed .

Tionghoa giant temple in the city of Makassar