The Sail Banda event in Maluku province next year had been designed so that when the time comes, it will reflect the world sailing expetition, head of the local Culture and Tourism Agency Florence Sahusilawane said.

“Sail Banda is being designed by adoption of the ways the Dutch applied the “Hongi Tochten” (boats and war instruments in the form of kora – kora/boats) with its world historical significance,” he said here Wednesday.

Therefore it is being introduced to the villages in Maluku which still have the traditional fishing boats (kora – kora, colepaku, semang, kole – kole and belang) according to their respective cultural characteristics need to be reported to the regency/city administrations for presentation during Sail Banda.

Source : Antara.