CITY HISTORY Sengkang

CITY HISTORY Sengkang

A city that is not impressive views of how many tall buildings, or how noisy vehicles passing in the city. An impressive town if the city can keep all the old buildings become markers will glory in the past, while keeping the supreme value to the present. If interpreted with a simple language, a new city can be said to be impressive when the city could maintain the old building. Many large cities in Europe that is often visited by tourists because kotaa-impressive city with old buildings that still survive and write history until now.

In the town of Sengkang, many old buildings that have survived and kept until now. For example, building Saoraja or the king's palace in the past. Also many wawrga houses that still retained its original form, the stilt houses made of wood. For example, Ball Seratu'e (Home One hundred) One hundred because the house is said to house the wooden stage has one hundred pole pole. When compared to Makassar or Sungguminasa (Gowa royal center), the city has a lot more Sengkang wooden buildings.

According to historians, Sengkang history as the capital city is the history of marginalized Wajo among the Bugis. Because, in war-war Makassar on Sulawesi's most powerful. - Wajo position is the Makassar together against VOC. Makassar War was a war that pitted against the coalition of Gowa Kingdom. Namely, Bugis, Buton, Ternate and the Netherlands. In battle, the position will lose against Gowa clear waters greatest strength. but history also explains that not all forces gather at White Palakka Bugis. The proof, in favor Wajo Sultan Hasanuddin and defending this Hasanuddin.

Indeed, judging from the Indonesian side, the position is very strategic because it is against colonialism that fester in the archipelago. However, when viewed from the side as a center Wajo ethnic Bugis, like Bone, then it is very strange if Wajo impartially on Bone. So among the Bugis, the positions Wajo often called a traitor for not siding with the king's Bone. Palakka whitewater.

The term traitor heavily opposed by some people who know the history of the Bugis Sengkang. Properly, a contextual reading of history, is not read from the interests of the present. "At that time, all the kingdom has its own rationality that must be understood in accordance with the movement of forces on Masaa it". Said one who understands the history of the city of Sengkang with vigorous tone.