La Galigo

[1] The poem is composed in pentameters and relates the story of humanity's origins but serves also as practical everyday almanac.

The earliest preserved written versions date back to the 18th century, earlier ones have been lost due to insects, climate or destruction.

[1] Consequently, there is no complete or definite version of Galigo but the preserved parts amount to 6,000 pages or 300,000 lines of text, making it one of the largest works of literature.

This largest coherent La Galigo fragment in the world was written in Makassar at the request of the theologian and scholar B.F. Matthes (1818–1908).

The text was written by Colliq Pujié (Arung Pancana Toa), Queen-mother of Tanete, a small kingdom in South Sulawesi.