Subclass of | sailing ship |
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Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Makassar |
Country of origin | Indonesia |
Intangible cultural heritage status | Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity |
Described at URL | https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01197, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/01197, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/01197 |
Literally, de word pinisi dey refer to sam type of rigging (de configuration of masts, sails den ropes (‘lines’)) of Indonesian sailing vessels. Pinisi dey carry seven go eight sails for two masts top, wey dem arrange like sam gaff-ketch plus wat dem dey bell am 'standing gaffs' — that be say unlike chaw Western ships wey dey use such sam rig, dem no dey gbele de two main sails by say dem go raise de spars wey ebe attach plus, but dem dey 'pull out' de sails like curtains along de gaffs wey dem fix for around de centre of de masts.