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Komodo
Komodo, also called Komodo dragons (varanus komodoensis), are large lizard species found on Komodo Island, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang and Gili Dasami in
East Nusa Tenggara Province. This Komodo also named by the local people as "ora". Komodo is the largest species of the Varanidea family, as well as the largest
lizard in the world, with an average length of 2-3 meters and weighing up to 100 kg. Komodo dragons are the top predators in their habitat because so far
there are no known other large carnivorous animals other than this lizards in any geography.
Then International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) institution categorized Komodo dragon as a species that is vulnerable to extinction. Komodo dragons
have been designated as animals protected by the Indonesia government and their habit has been made into a national park, the Komodo National Park, whose purpose
was established to protect then. source :www.wikipedia.org
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Pinisi
Literally, the word pinisi refers to atype of ringging (the configuration of masts, sails and ropes('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 the are attached to, but the sails are 'pulled out' like curtains along the gaffs which are fixed
at around the centre of the masts.
As is the case with many Indonesian sailing craft, the word 'pinisi' thus names only a type of rig, and does not describe the shape of the hull of a vessel thet uses such sails.
Pinisi-rigged ships were mainly built by the Konjo-speaking people of Ara, a village in the district of Bontobahari, Bulukumba regency, South Sulawesi, and widely used
by Buginese and Makassarese seafarers as a cargo vessel. in the years before the eventual disappearance of wind-powered transport in course of the motorization
of Indonesia's traditional trading fleet in the 1970/80s, vessels using a pinisi rig were the largest Indonesian sailing ships. source: www.wikipedia.org
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