Travel Indonesia Haiku - The Drive From Makassar To Tana Toraja Poem by john tiong chunghoo

makassar to tana toraja
it is divisive muslim friend says
of the countless mosques

We drove from Makassar to Tana Toraja, visiting also places like Bulukumbar, Bone, Kajang, among others. The peculiar sight on the drive is the countless mosques we saw. There is a mosque almost every one or two hundred kilometres. I said perhaps that is for the
people here to pray whenever they want to so that earthquake will not strike. Sulawesi is right on the ring of fire of the Pacific rim. However, she said, in Islam it is important the followers congregate together in one big place. The large number of mosques is causing the followers to be divided, she said. 'They can pray to ward off earthquake in the house, ' she added.