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Patorani ( Makassarese: ᨄᨕᨈᨚᨑᨕᨊᨗ; also prauw patorani or perahu patorani) is a traditional fishing boat from
Patorani ( Makassarese: ᨄᨕᨈᨚᨑᨕᨊᨗ; also prauw patorani or perahu patorani) is a traditional fishing boat from Makassar
Makassar ( ), formerly Ujung Pandang ( ), is the capital of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, ...
, Indonesia. It is used by Macassan people for fishing, transport, and trading since at least 17th century AD. Historically this type of boat was used by Gowa Sultanate
The Sultanate of Gowa was one of the great kingdoms in the history of Indonesia and the most successful kingdom in the South Sulawesi region. People of this kingdom come from the Makassar tribe who lived in the south end and the west coast of ...
as war boat.
Etymology
The name ᨈᨚᨑᨕᨊᨗ ''torani'' means flying fish (Exocoetidae
The Exocoetidae are a family of marine ray-finned fish in the order Beloniformes, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. About 64 species are grouped in seven genera. While they do not "fly" in the same way a bird does, flying fish c ...
).Horridge (2015). p.17 ''Patorani'' thus can be translated as "flying fish catcher".
Description
Patorani fishing boat has pajala type hull with Makassar-styled rudder mounting and tripod mast. The second tripod mast is supported by the roof of its deckhouse. This boat carried wood poles as a material for fishing and basket-shaped fish traps. The sail is usually canted rectangular sail orlateen sail
A lateen (from French ''latine'', meaning "Latin") or latin-rig is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction. The settee can be considered to be an associated type of the sa ...
. Some of them had bowsprit, adorned with pieces of wool, pendants, wooden fish carving, and other decorations. If the bowsprit
The bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a spar (sailing), spar extending forward from the vessel's prow. The bowsprit is typically held down by a bobstay that counteracts the forces from the forestay, forestays. The bowsprit’s purpose is to create ...
is not present, they are placed in the curved stempost.
Patorani design remains largely unchanged for several hundred years, but sometimes in the end of the 19th century, boat builders adopted frames and decking of European origins. Some of the frames reached above gun mount, and the tripod is used as pivot for 3 vertical stake that were connected to the flooring.Horridge (2015). p.18
See also
*Trepanging
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The collector, or fisher, of ''trepang'' is a trepanger.
Trepanging is comparable to clamming, crabb ...
, act of collecting sea cucumber
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* Makassan contact with Australia
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* Mayang (boat)
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* Jukung
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The double outrigger jukun ...
* Sandeq
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* Padewakang
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Etymology
The origin of the name is unknown, though some ...
* Pencalang
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* Pinisi
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References
Further reading
* Horridge, Adrian (2015). ''Perahu Layar Tradisional Nusantara''. Yogyakarta: Penerbit Ombak. An Indonesian translation of Horridge, Adrian (1985). ''The Prahu: Traditional Sailing Boat of Indonesia, second edition''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{Indonesian traditional vessels Traditional sailboats Sailboat types Indonesian inventions Types of fishing vessels Military boats Austronesian ships Boats of Indonesia