Badik Makassar

      Badik or dagger, a long form with the heading indentation, where the pointy end, and the stem is decorated with lines resembling veins flow from the tip down to the stem kris, which is embedded in the wood called the stomach with the butt.
      Keris known as badik lekko pitu, by masyarakata luwu land, south Sulawesi. sometimes believed to be local people to protect them from danger, and made by some male or male local language, as the protector himself.
      According to tau luwu trust, or his Indonesian people luwu, if badik lekko pitu, is that it seems he badik made by their fathers who serve as one of the tools of war weaponry, to fight the enemy.
      In sulawesi southern or formerly known denagan preserving some areas that have a kingdom, each having a weapon or badik heritage, which to date has been inherited by most of his generation.
     If ditana luwu, known as badik lekko pitu, another case in the kingdom of Makassar and Gowa, Makassar and Gowa society, has the local language kalewang badik man, who was named badik Lompo battang.
      Called badik Lompo battang, because in the middle or body badik, berbetuk resembling sunken bellies, but the tip remains pointed, usually Lompo battang badik size, slightly larger than other regions badik.
Meanwhile in the kingdom of bone, representing the community bugis or tana Ugi, also has badik called kawali Ugi (Buginese badik). Diaman kawali Ugi, not size, was too long, too simple-shape
      The diversity of different kinds badik, of course, not only in the four regions Buginese kingdom, Makassar, Gowa and luwu kingdom, but nearly all areas in south Sulawesi province, has badik with a diversity of form and characteristics of each region.
      For the people of Bugis Makassar, South Sulawesi or the public, especially men "bura" ne ", was formerly very mengindentikkan themselves with badik, where badik was used as a symbol of virility" real man ".
Usually if a man Bugis-Makassar, feel humiliated, then there is only one word that they use as a symbol, namely siri "napacce, who sometimes have to finish up with them was a male, who ultimately end up at the end badik.
      However, eroded by time and changing civilization, is now only a small fraction of men-bugis makassar, which maintain or mengidentikan himself with badik, this is also due to the rules of laws that prohibit the public carrying badik.