The Bonto Bahari region, where we build our ships in South Sulawesi, is the heartland of the Konjo boat builders...  The men of this local community, part of the Bugis ethnic group are renowned seafarers and famous for their brilliant boat building skills...  It is said that they have been able to build and exploit their ships for more than four centuries...   These master crafts men have passed their traditions and knowledge orally from father to son, it is mind blowing to watch them work on the beach using their ancestral skills and natural gifts...  Their building techniques which thrived in the times of piracy have amazingly remained unchanged as time passed...