The second and all subsequent ones have been held at Taman Miniatuur Sulawesi, whose historical significance as a site of the great Makassarese kingdom of Gowa under Sultan Hasanuddin has been much celebrated locally. Within each category, he organizes his material by region and, for round and contra-dances, within region by ethnic group, eschewing any concern with social meaning. In later conversations with Torajans both in the highlands and in Ujung Pandang, I found frequent expressions of pride in the power of attraction their homeland held for tourists. Four inventive examples from Sulawesi and West Java can be quickly sketched. While this is written in English with a primary intended readership of ethnomusicologists and Southeast Asianists, it will very likely be given critical 20 Calling Back the Spirit reading by scholars and performers in South Sulawesi.
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