Friday, August 12, 2011

Sandeq Boat, Traditional Boat from Mandar

Boat Sandeq also is an icon community Mandar maritime greatness, the greatness of the master mariners Mandar evidenced through the use of a boat cruise this bercadik. Sandeq boats used in everyday life to make a living in the deepest ocean though. In recorded history has proven capable Sandeq boat sailed up to Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and Madagascar, Australia, America.

Sandeq, traditional boat Mandar is a heritage as a means of fishermen to fish in the sea as a livelihood, as a means of transportation in the past traders sailed the seas to sell agricultural products.

Sandeq boat, has a characteristic that differentiates it from most other bercadik boat.
Sandeq who became the pride of Mandar people, besides it has a lovely lovely shape with a length of approximately 9-16 meters in width from 0.5 to 1 meter, mounted outrigger frame on the left and right of bamboo as a counterweight, relying on the wind caught the triangle-shaped screen , can be driven up to the speed of 15-20 knots or 30-40 km per hour. So as a sailboat that is also capable of the most beautiful and fastest growing large waves crashing though.
Sandeq also able to withstand the wind and waves when chasing a herd of tuna. Fishing season, fishermen use to set traps Sandeq eggs from a series of palm leaves and seaweed, or hunt until the spices of Ternate and Tidore to be taken to Makassar airport.
 
In the past, contested when a holiday at sea due to weather constraints, Mandar fishermen used to fill the time by holding a contest Sandeq. The competition pitted only maneuverability. Each Sandeq have a restricted area around the three points. This competition requires foresight to read the wind and determine the technical maneuvers. Here the fisherman's skill is tested as passandeq.

Now only functioned for a later boat races are popular with "Sandeq race" as an annual agenda ahead of the anniversary of the Proclamation

Some race events were often held to prove the toughness of this boat (Horst H. Liebner, researchers Sandeq German judge, there is no traditional boats are as strong and as fast as traditional Sandeq which became the fastest boat in the Austronesian)

Sandeq race can still be seen nowadays in Sandeq Race, as was held in mid-August and then by taking the route Mamuju in West Sulawesi to Makassar in South Sulawesi with the distance of 300 nautical miles.
Thousands of people spilled onto the beach to watch Sandeq from his village to compete in the annual feast Mandar fishermen which has now become an annual agenda that. It is said that competition was started in the 1960s.

Sandeq boat race history

First, the race was called the market competition, because Sandeq hired by traffickers to transport merchandise to every market in the coastal village between Majene and Mamuju.
At that time, the sea route is vital because it is faster than ground transportation is still limited. Speed ​​is demanded by the owner of the goods to arrive on the market that exists in every village early, so that direct Sandeq can park near the market to scoop up as many buyers. Passandeq (Sandeq crew) who arrived later would have scolded the owner of the goods because the market was quiet, so that the goods did not sell well. However, speed and toughness can also be a target Sandeq pirate hordes, so the boat owner who knows his boat fast to outsmart the binding stones so as not captured pirates to be a means of crime. Lunge pirates had sailed Horst Sandeq evident when using Sandeq to Bira, South Sulawesi, in the mid-1990s. "People still remember the greatness Sandeq Bira for all yachts can be pursued by Sandeq. If they say there are still hordes of people willing to exchange pinisinya Bira with Sandeq.

Cultural preservation Sandeq Contest professionally designed by Horst in 1995. Sandeq Race is an effort to preserve and continue the culture of the endangered marine Mandar.
Sandeq teach young fishermen to read a current, reading the wind, as well as the ritual is in it. The competition is free for Mandar fishermen, and provided an attractive prize for the winner. All participants who reach the end point is also the prize .. During the race, the cost is borne passandeq eating, and an allowance for families left behind
Competition Sandeq contain elements of pride is very high. Winners will be elevated social status, and became a byword in the community. Passandeq pride as that is what drives some people to make a special Sandeq used for the race. Outside the race, sandeqnya only stored under the stage house. "Every month we repainted so durable. If it is near the race, Sandeq issued for the exercise until race day.

Since the early 1990s Prahu bercadik is increasingly missing from the Gulf Mandar, and replaced by motorboats. By race, the number Sandeq continue year by year.

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