Warring Societies of Pre-Colonial Southeast Asia_ Local Cultures of Conflict Within a Regional Context

La Maddukelleng and Civil War in South Sulawesi

With such important roles, ritual warfare did not simply disappear with
the advent of states and world religions. Such a lingering doubtlessly oc-
curred elsewhere in the early modern world but is perhaps more visible
in South Sulawesi due to historiographical accidents. Whether or not
South Sulawesi’s complex, multi-layered political landscape also facili-
tated the continuation of an indigenous style of warfare that pre-dated
the advent of states awaits further research.