Kurri Kurri

Kurri-Kurri was a coastal kingdom in the Mamuju region of western Sulawesi, near the shore of the Makassar Strait. Local accounts remember its harbour as a trading stop for vessels travelling along the island's western coast in the sixteenth century. Traditions of Mamuju's formation connect Kurri-Kurri with the neighbouring kingdom of Langga Monar, whose union became the basis of a larger polity. The name survives in ceremonies recalling the area's ancestral rulers.