Orembai
OrembaiorArombaiis a type of plank boat from theMaluku IslandsofEasternIndonesia.It is mainly used for fishing and transport. This vessel is used as far asBatavia,where in the 17th century it became popular to go out "orembaaien"on an evening rowing on the river or city canals.[1]
Etymology[edit]
The nameorembaiorarumbaiis probably comes from the adaptedMalaywordrembaya,which means state ship, withPortugueseprefix 'o'.[2]In other variants of language they are also calledorembaai,arambaai,arobail,arubai,arubaillo,arumbai,arumbae,oranbai,oranbaik, orang-bays,andcorambay.[3][4][5]Martin says that the nameorembaiis a contraction fororang baik( "good man" ) and comes from the era of the Hongi voyages, i.e. these boats are the opposite ofHongitochtkora kora,which is a war vessel.[6]
Description[edit]
It is characterized by being equal-ended, with the prow and the stern both rising up abruptly into a sharp point about 1.26 m (4.1 ft) from the ground giving it a crescent shape. It is widest at the middle, tapering gradually towards both ends. It usually has threestrakesattached to a narrow keel which in turn is joined to a stem-post at each end.[7][8]The stempost is broader and lower than the sternpost. Traditional orembai uses thetanjaorletesail, but more modern orembai adopted European-style rigging, such aspinisirig andschoonerrig.[4]Orembai is built using planks, joined withlashed-lugconstruction.[9]
The orembai is very similar to themonof theNorth Solomons.It also resembles thekora kora,but differs in that, like most largeAustronesian ships,the orembai does not haveoutriggers(likely due to their inherent stability).[7][8][10]
Gallery[edit]
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A "modern" orembai, West Seram, Moluccas. Before 1923. -
A traditional orembai with lowered sail (either a tanja or lete/crab claw sail), Ternate. Between 1910 and 1930 -
A small orembai with acrab claw sailinRumahkay,Seram Island -
Dutch-owned orembai, Seram, Moluccas, ca. 1925
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References[edit]
- ^Kooijmans, M., and J. Schooneveld-Oosterling (2000).VOC-Glossarium: Verklaringen van Termen, Verzameld Uit de Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatiën, Die Betrekking Hebben op de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie.The Hague: Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^Lohanda, Mona (2018).VOC Glossary Indonesia.Jakarta: Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia and The Corts Foundation. p. 12.
- ^Friederici, G. "Beitrage zur Volker und Sprachenkunde von Deutsch-Neuguinea."Mitteil. aus den Deutsch. Schutzgeb., Erganzungsheft Nr. 5, 1912.
- ^abHaddon, Alfred Cort (1920).The Outriggers of Indonesian Canoes.London: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
- ^Mahdi, Waruno (2007).Malay Words and Malay Things: Lexical Souvenirs from an Exotic Archipelago in German Publications Before 1700.Otto Harrassowitz Verlag.ISBN9783447054928.
- ^Martin, K. (1903).Reisen in den Molukken.Leiden: Geologische Theil.
- ^abHornell, James (September 1936). "200. Boat Construction in Scandinavia and Oceania; Another Parallel in Botel Tobago".Man.36:145–147.doi:10.2307/2791098.JSTOR2791098.
- ^abEllen, R. F. (2003).On the Edge of the Banda Zone: Past and Present in the Social Organization of a Moluccan Trading Network.University of Hawaii Press. p. 157.ISBN9780824826765.
- ^Horridge, G. Adrian (1982).The Lashed-lug Boat of the Eastern Archipelagoes, the Alcina MS and the Lomblem Whaling Boats (Maritime monographs and reports).Trustees of the National Maritime Museum.ISBN978-0905555614.
- ^Skinner, H.D. (1957)."Migrations of culture in South-East Asia and Indonesia".The Journal of the Polynesian Society.66(2): 206–207.
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