Bugis in South Sulawesi<\/p>\n
This letter was intentionally delayed to sound neither
\npolitical nor emotional. Djiwandono's article Not much credit is
\ndue Habibie's presidency published on May 26, 1999, indeed hurt
\nthe feelings of people of South Sulawesi, primarily those who
\nread the paper. Tendentiously, he wrote that Habibie was a native
\nof South Sulawesi and cynically added that as President, Habibie
\nwas surrounded by people who hailed from South Sulawesi.
\nIronically, however, he further elaborated that if there was some
\nsuccess to Habibie's government it was not thanks to Habibie, but
\nto the Minister of Information, Yunus Yosfiah.<\/p>\n
Soedjati Djiwandono seems to be lacking in sufficient
\nknowledge of Indonesian history from the 10th century, not to
\nmention history of the mass migration of Proto and Deutro Malay
\nto this archipelago. Had he equipped himself with this knowledge,
\nhe would not have imposed his Dutch ethnologically oriented
\nterms, rather than the more modern and sociologically coined ones
\nin connection with the present Indonesian community.<\/p>\n
I am pretty sure that Soedjati is a very productive as well as
\nnoted writer. But, if he does not mind, I would like to add to
\nhis vocabulary with some South Sulawesi cultural phenomena from
\nthe 14th century.<\/p>\n
If the Javanese sophistical life had been more influenced by
\nSanskritism (Hinduism) from some time before the Majapahit era,
\nthen, on those grounds, the significance of South Sulawesi would
\nhave been developed much later and under more influence of
\nIslamic culture. Javanese and South Sulawesi people still share
\nthe same element of linguistic phenomena of Proto Malay.<\/p>\n
Coming back to our culture of independence, I can also tell
\nyou there is a tendency most migrants who have been born in South
\nSulawesi claim themselves as sociologically Bugis or Makassarese
\nrather than ethnologically \"native\" Bugis or Makassarese. If you
\napply it to Habibie's case, I believe you will avoid the term
\n\"native\" judging either from his name or from his genealogical
\nhistory. There are so many Javanese descendants in South Sulawesi
\nwho always claim themselves to be Makassarese. They are the
\nformer mayor of Makassar Municipality, H. M. Yunus Daeng Mile,
\nthe famous Makassarese song composer and singer Hamzan Marliat,
\nand also Murtini Slamet Daeng Te'ne, to mention a few of the
\nthousands.<\/p>\n
Your tendentious writing is indeed very vulnerable to our
\nIndonesian unity. If you disagree with Habibie's policy, please
\ndo, but not just because he hails from South Sulawesi. Please
\ngive more description as well as analysis to your disagreement
\nwith his social, economic, technological, and such, view.
\nOtherwise, you will be successful only in sowing hatred among the
\npeople of Indonesia in our modern era.<\/p>\n
NURDIN YATIM<\/p>\n
Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bugis-in-south-sulawesi-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }