Pinisi
Sign in to savethumb|Pinisi boats at the port of Paotere in Makassar, 1994
Key facts
- Intangible heritage.ICH
- Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi
- Intangible heritage.State Party
- Indonesia
- Intangible heritage.ID
- 01197
- Intangible heritage.Region
- APA
- Intangible heritage.Year
- 2017
- Intangible heritage.Session
- 12th
- Intangible heritage.List
- Representative
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology and possible origin
- General description
- Types of hull
- History
- Design and construction
- Modern use
- Misconceptions
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Pinisi boats at the port of Paotere in Makassar, 1994
A pinisi is a type of rigging (the configuration of masts, sails and ropes or 'lines') of Indonesian sailing vessels. A pinisi carries seven to eight sails on two masts, arranged like a gaff-ketch with what is called 'standing gaffs' — i.e., unlike most Western ships using such a rig, the two main sails are not opened by raising the spars they are attached to, but the sails are 'pulled out' like curtains along the gaffs which are fixed at around the centre of the masts.