Fort Rotterdam

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Fort Rotterdam is also known as Benteng Makassar. It is one example of the     past kingdom of Sulawesi’s greatness. The Gowa Kingdom was the strongest and the most glorious kingdom during the 16th century. At the time, Makassar was known as a trading city.
Viewed from the sea, the Kingdom of Gowa, was completely fortified. This kingdom possessed 17 forts protected the city and surrounding area. In the year of 1669, when Gowa was under the power of the Dutch, all forts but Fort Makassar were destroyed. Fort Makassar was built in 1545 by the Xth King of Gowa. His name is I Marigau. Daeng Bonto Karaeng Lakiung, also known as Karaeng Tunipallangga Ulaweng. The basic form of this fort is a square with Portuguese architecture. It was made of clay based on the model of the European forts during the 16th and 17th century, with the additional triangle protrusion added to the basic form of the fort, making it looks like a turtle shape. This identifies the Gowa Kingdom as a maritime kingdom. This fort was as the protector of the capital city Makassar.

During the Dutch colonialism, the fort was rebuilt and renamed “Fort Rotterdam”. In that period, the fort and its area was the center of the government and commerce activities. During the Japanese colonialism the fort functioned as the center of archeological and language studies.
At present, the buildings in the fort are utilized by the Pre-historic and Historic Preservation Affairs (Suaka Peninggalan Sejarah dan Purbakala), Cultural Center (Arts, dance music, etc.) including the public museum. This museum displays and preserves various historical objects, manuscripts, statues, ceramics, traditional clothes, and other cultural objects from the ethnics groups in South Sulawesi.

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Vocabullaries: 

1.    Kingdom (Verb) : Kerajaan.
2.    Glorios (Adjective): Mulia/ Berjaya.
3.    Trading (Noun): Perdagangan.
4.    Fortified (Verb): Diperkaya.
5.    Possessed (Verb): Memiliki.
6.    Fort (Noun):Benteng.
7.    Destroyed (Verb): Dihancurkan.
8.    Clay (Noun): Tanah Liat.
9.    Protrusion (Noun): Tonjolan.
10.    Utilized (Verb): Dimanfaatkan.


Communicative Purpose
To describe a particular person, place or thing.
Generic Structure
a.     Identification     : identifies phenomenon to be described.
b.     Description     : describes parts, qualities, characters. 

Exercise 1 

Choose T if the statement is true and F if it is false based on to the text.
1. T – F Karaeng Tunipallangga Ulaweng is other name from Daeng Bonto Karaeng Lakiung who was built Fort Rotterdam.
2. T – F The shape of Rotterdam (Turtle shape) is the symbol of the brave of Gowa Kingdom.
3. T – F The name of Fort Rotterdam was renamed by Dutchman. 
4. T – F Fort Rotterdam always functioned as cultural center in each period of time.
5. T – F Now, Makassar is well known as a trading city.

Exercise 2 

Answer the following questions below based on the text above.
1.    What is the kind of the text?
2.    What is the purpose of the text above?
3.    Where is the Fort Rotterdam located?
4.    What happened to Fort Rotterdam during the Dutch colonialism?
5.    What are the functions of Fort Rotterdam during the Japanese colonialism?
6.     Fort Rotterdam is like a turtle shape, what does it mean?
7.     How important is Fort Rotterdam to South Sulawesi regency right now?

ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB

Adjective

Adjectives, atau kata sifat, adalah kata-kata yang digunakan untuk menjelaskan atau menggambarkan noun (kata benda) atau menceritakan lebih tentang benda tersebut. Misalnya: Glorious, beautiful, dsb.
Contoh :
Prabu is a careful driver. (Prabu seorang pengendara yang hati-hati.)
She drives me crazy. (Dia membuat saya gila.)
Find out all adjectives from the text above.
1.    ……………………………………………
2.    ……………………………………………
3.    ……………………………………………

Adverb

Adverb (kata keterangan atau kata tambahan) adalah kata yang dipakai untuk menerangkan bagian dari tata bahasa (part of speech) yang mana saja, kecuali kata benda dan kata ganti.
Contoh :
    She speak English fluently.

Find out all adverbs from the text above.
1.    …………………………………………
2.    …………………………………………
3.    …………………………………………