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The Tale of Gatjing (Dayngatjing)

One such story recording this final farewell, is the Djawawungu (the story told by Djawa, and belonging to Djawa). It is called, ‘The final visit of the Mangatharra’ (of the Macassans) and its storyline makes some deeply meaningful connections between Macassan and Yolngu people. It is about an encounter between young Djawa and the Macassan captain ‘Gatjing’ who came to take his final leave, saying they would never come back to Marege, because the ‘balanda’ (whitepeople) were ‘making trouble’. As part of his farewell, captain Gatjing bestowed on Djawa the Macassan name of Mangalay, and instructed him to let his father and mother and uncles and everyone know that he now carried this Macassan name. We can assume that with the acceptance of the name he carried the responsibility of keeping alive the memory and connection with these Macassans, and indeed he is depicted in this story wearing a Muslim headscarf.

Expert advice on Aboriginal mythology cautions that it must not be mined for
historical references. But the striking feature of this story is that Gatjing can actually be traced through the records of the Australian customs officials stationed at the Top End to police the trepang trade. His full name is Suleiman Daeng Gassing, sometimes referred to just as Gassing. He belonged to the family of Husein Daeng Ranka, a captain whose customs records trail through the entire period that these records were kept, from 1881 to 1907. In other stories Husein appears as Yocing, and his father Samaila Daeng Bacan appears as Jamaila. His son, Mangellai Daeng Maru also participated in the trepang voyages so that this family represents at least three generations of Pa-Marege (captains travelling to Marege).

The bestowal of the name of Mangellai on Djawa in the story is therefore deeply symbolical. It is an acknowledgement of a family connection between the family of Husein Daeng Ranka on the Sulawesi side and the family of Djawa on the Australian side. That Husein had family in Australia is well documented. He was based in the Kampung Maluku (Moluccan township) of Makasar, working in association with the merchant Abdulrazak Puddu Daeng Tompo. This Abdulrazak also appears in an account supplied to the anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt by the Yolngu elder Djaladjari who stayed in Kampung Maluku for several years. According to his account there was a sizeable Aboriginal population in Makasar who also formed families there. His son Bawurr at Yirrkala said that Djaladjari himself also had children in Kampung Maluku, Makassar, Indonesia. Source :[link]

Hetalia belongs to Himaruya Hidekaz.
Makassar is the name of a city in Indonesia.
Indonesia aph, Malaysia aph & Portugal aph based on Himaruya's sketch. ([link] )
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Description
next page :[link]
previous page :[link]

=> Asian Drama
........
...is best summed up in Nigahiga parody video :[link]

=> MANGALAY : The Yolngu-Makassar Memory Keeper.

The Tale of Gatjing (Dayngatjing)

One such story recording this final farewell, is the Djawawungu (the story told by Djawa, and belonging to Djawa). It is called, ‘The final visit of the Mangatharra’ (of the Macassans) and its storyline makes some deeply meaningful connections between Macassan and Yolngu people. It is about an encounter between young Djawa and the Macassan captain ‘Gatjing’ who came to take his final leave, saying they would never come back to Marege, because the ‘balanda’ (whitepeople) were ‘making trouble’. As part of his farewell, captain Gatjing bestowed on Djawa the Macassan name of Mangalay, and instructed him to let his father and mother and uncles and everyone know that he now carried this Macassan name. We can assume that with the acceptance of the name he carried the responsibility of keeping alive the memory and connection with these Macassans, and indeed he is depicted in this story wearing a Muslim headscarf.

Expert advice on Aboriginal mythology cautions that it must not be mined for
historical references. But the striking feature of this story is that Gatjing can actually be traced through the records of the Australian customs officials stationed at the Top End to police the trepang trade. His full name is Suleiman Daeng Gassing, sometimes referred to just as Gassing. He belonged to the family of Husein Daeng Ranka, a captain whose customs records trail through the entire period that these records were kept, from 1881 to 1907. In other stories Husein appears as Yocing, and his father Samaila Daeng Bacan appears as Jamaila. His son, Mangellai Daeng Maru also participated in the trepang voyages so that this family represents at least three generations of Pa-Marege (captains travelling to Marege).

The bestowal of the name of Mangellai on Djawa in the story is therefore deeply symbolical. It is an acknowledgement of a family connection between the family of Husein Daeng Ranka on the Sulawesi side and the family of Djawa on the Australian side. That Husein had family in Australia is well documented. He was based in the Kampung Maluku (Moluccan township) of Makasar, working in association with the merchant Abdulrazak Puddu Daeng Tompo. This Abdulrazak also appears in an account supplied to the anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt by the Yolngu elder Djaladjari who stayed in Kampung Maluku for several years. According to his account there was a sizeable Aboriginal population in Makasar who also formed families there. His son Bawurr at Yirrkala said that Djaladjari himself also had children in Kampung Maluku, Makassar, Indonesia. Source :[link]

Hetalia belongs to Himaruya Hidekaz.
Makassar is the name of a city in Indonesia.
Indonesia aph, Malaysia aph & Portugal aph based on Himaruya's sketch. ([link] )
Philippines OC design by
Brunei Darussalam OC design by