Leang-Leang Cave

Leang-Leang Cave

Leang Leang Cave is a Travel archaeological site in the historic cave Leang Leang, District Bantimurung, Maros, South Sulawesi Province. Leang Leang depict human life past, rows of caves in the mountainous expanse of rock that is very interesting, especially the scientists.

Leang Leang Cave location can be reached from Sultan Hasanuddin Airport using public transport. From the main road toward the shaft was not too good, but the surrounding scenery is very beautiful large rocks piled neatly in black with a wide field of view of a very distinctive rock characteristics.

The region of Leang Leang cave, found two caves are caves and cave PettaE Petta Kere. Two caves were located not far apart. The first cave looked as he entered the surrounding region are home residents as a place to rest.

In PettaE Caves, the cave entrance is lined iron as high as 1500 cm. From the door, hand drawing has been seen since the cave is not very deep. there are five images of the palm, but only three are intact. In addition to the palm of the hand, there is also a deer and a pig eye is all red spear.

In Petta Kere caves. can be reached by foot, approximately 300 meters from the Cave PettaE. There are two paths that can be taken. The first path using the path that is good, both lines pass through steps between narrow rocks. with a height of about 20 meters from the ground. prepared iron staircase turn. Cave is storing more images. There are about 27 images of the palm, which looks intact but only about 17 images. A picture of a fat hog deer lying by wielding a spear to the heart.

In addition to the pictures on the walls of caves, around the cave was also found in the form of kitchen waste and snail shells scattered.
In addition to the two caves are still many other caves there may be hundreds of caves.

According to history, the hand image is a female hand. Age was drawing more than 5,000 years. The size is not too large and is said to be made in the not the same.
About drawing hand, there is an ancient tradition of the local people who said, drawing a hand with full finger meaningful as repellent reinforcements, while the hand with four fingers only meaningful expression of great sorrow. The image was made by placing a hand on the wall of the cave, and then sprayed with a red liquid. This dye may be of mineral red (hematite) that is widely available around the cave (in the rocks at the bottom of the river and around the cave), some are saying with rocks from the sap of the tree is chewed like betel.

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