Elegancy Sagori Island, Kabaena, Southeast Sulawesi, often enjoyed by foreign tourists before the Bali bombing tragedy in October 2002. Then, after saving mystery, among others, often shipwreck. Worth a lot of call in Bermuda Segitiga Kabaena.
Island Sagori in District Kabaena, Bombana Regency, is a coral atol semicircular. The island is no more than white sand pile with a length of 3000 meters and in the middle of the wide, 200 meters.
Foreign tourists usually stay over on the island with the boat after visiting a number of tourism in Kabupaten Buton and Muna. In Sagori they bask on the white sand while waiting for the ball of the sun slowly sink overcast when wanted. After witnessing the spectacular natural phenomenon that they continue their journey.
Sagori actually more interesting when viewed from the mountain on the island Kabaena. Distance from the height of the wipe Sagori display four colors, ie, as a dark blue line terluar, light blue, white line, then green in the middle. Green-feature from the pine tree canopy to protect the island.
Proximity to the nearest mainland Kabaena about 2.5 miles. However, visitors are usually starting from Sikeli, the port city in the Western District of Kabaena, with a distance of about four miles, or approximately 30 minutes by motor boat. Sagori the region Sikeli Kelurahan.
The word "sagori" seems taken from the name of a girl who found Pongkalaero-citizens present in a village at the time Kabaena-water not far from the island. The girl told the tenant kima giant trapped as water.
When found, the girl is in a state of weakness not powerless. The hunters of the sea and menggendongnya to a heap of sand before being taken to mokole (king) in Tangkeno on the slopes of Mount Sangia Wita, the highest peak (1,800 meters) in Kabaena.
However, after some time diistirahatkan in the sand pile, girl dies. Died before he had time to mention his name, Sagori. Since then the name of the sand pile Sagori.
Grave ship
Sagori beauty on the surface is in contrast with the natural environment in the sea floor around the island. Rocks of the wilderness spread in the area of the island that make it save the mystery of the sea, not even a rare accident that is very frightening.
As expressed by some community leaders Sama tribe (Bajo) in Kabaena, coral islands and waters Sagori almost every two years swallow a victim because the broken ship hit coral and human sacrifice carried out roller coast island.
Holiday season last year, for example, a student SMAN 1 Kabaena died dihantam the waves came suddenly when he was friends with a number of bath-tub on the beach. Previously, a mother experiencing a similar fate when a bath-tub being there.
Towards the Lebaran ago, a timber ship aground and then drowned in the waters of the island when the ship was traveling from the Sikeli Jeneponto, South Sulawesi. There is no sacrifice of the soul, unless the ship can not be saved.
Two years before the accident befall a ship traveling from Bulukumba (South Sulawesi) to the Moluccas with sembako loads and building materials.
"No longer can count the number of vessels buried in the seabed Sagori," said Uja '(60), fishermen from the tribe Sikeli Bajo.
"Grave" includes VOC ship wreck and the ship is estimated to come from China in the depth of about 13 meters at low tide. Subair (57), head of SMP Negeri Sikeli, found on the ship in 1973. "I believe that because China ships still treasures such as antique plates and gerabah other," he said.
According to Subair, except glassware, the other is the Chinese symbols on the ship and the graven dragon gambargambar clear.
Stories about the island Sagori similar Segitiga Bermuda (Bermuda Triangle) in the Atlantic Ocean. Sagori also be a grave for the ships that sail near the island which is located 2.5 miles southwest of Kabaena it.
Segitiga waters of Bermuda by the form (right) imaginary connecting three points, each on the island of Bermuda, Miami (USA), and Puerto Rico. In the area of the triangle that is the world always dikejutkan denngan loss of a number of ships with passengers and without awaknya used. In fact, aircraft are also often lost in the mysterious waters of the above can be detected without. Therefore, Bermuda Segitiga known as the "Atlantic grave."
VOC ship tragedy
Marine accidents in the mid Sagori going to replace the 17-five ships belonging to VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) trading company in the Kingdom of the Netherlands East Asia that operate in the archipelago to monopolize trade spice. The five ships into the reefs in the same convoy traveling from Batavia to Ternate (North Maluku).
Quite complete information about four centuries back is exposed H Horst Liebner, expert field of culture and maritime history at the National Marine and Fisheries Research Ministry of Marine and Fisheries, at the International Symposium Pernaskahan Nusantara IX in Bau-Bau, 5-8 August 2005 .
According Liebner, events kandasnya fifth fleet in the coral island of VOC Sagori on 4 March 1650 is very interesting to be inspected more play. However, he has not had time to read that the entire manuscript diary crew is.
Fifth ship is Tijger Netherlands, Bergen op Zoom (wall transport 300 tons), Luijpaert (320 tons), De Joffer (480 tons), and Aechtekercke (100 tons). Data haulage Tijger acting as command ships, not mentioned by Liebner. All passengers (581 people) can be saved. They consist of the crew, soldiers, and the tradesman.
Catastrophe is very torment that threatened the entire passenger lack talent. "We are grateful to God because we can still save a bit of dry rice," said Liebner cite journal written one of his crew.
Location of the accident is a foreign area for the sea and the Netherlands at the time of shipping in general is. Kabaena island nearest the location of natural, in a report called Comboina Island.
Local residents who come to the location of basically not intend to help, but do not plunder case prevented by crew. Population be depicted as "black people" defined as ethnic Same Liebner (Bajo), which inhabit coastal island Kabaena.
This is justified Bajo figure H Djafar alias Nggora (80-an). "People come Bajo assist while taking a cloth material for clothing," he said people cite the oral tradition about Bajo VOC ship accident five years ago was 400.
After a week of living on the island Sagori without any signs of possible help, party leaders decided to send a Dutch lifeboat to Ambon to report the accident to the warlord de Vlamingh.
They also try to create your own ships using materials from the ship that has broken disordered. Crew rescue merchandise and 87 cannon shoots.
Ships of the assembly and then be given the name Trostenburg (solace fortress) that was launched early in May, it came almost at the same ship on the assistance of 7 May 1650 that sent up the command de Vlamingh. Ship support is coming very late due to be shut when the west wind to blow it fast.
Tragedy soon be over when all the crew and cargo ships with cannon transported to Batavia. Ship is now dead still lie in the depth of about five meters on the sea floor Sagori Island. "Engine and propeller-balingnya still there," said Uja '.