Bugis
The Trans Half-Gods of Sulawesi
In the hills of South Sulawesi live an ancient band of Bissu, trans people who serve as high priests for the local Bugis community. We spent a week with what might be the last generation of trans nobility in Indonesia.
Inside a Land Where Centuries-Old Sailboats Still Reign Supreme
Indonesia's Bugis people were once masters of the seas. Today, they continue to build the Pinisi—a two-masted ship that allegedly brought them as far abroad as China and Australia.
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