Bira, Tana Beru & Ara: Inside Indonesia’s Phinisi Building Villages
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See also: How a Phinisi Is Built Without Blueprints: The Punggawa & Konjo Method, The UNESCO Pinisi Heritage: Boatbuilding Art of South Sulawesi · Home.
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