Suara-Suara Air menjadi subtema yang mendampingi tema utama Maritim sebagai respons atas isu yang menguat di Pangkep. Suara air yang menimpa atap lalu mengalir ke selokan menjadi menakutkan di musim hujan karena itu isyarat banjir. Lalu, di musim kemarau, suara tetesan air yang mengalir di keran menjadi kekhawatiran karena jangan sampai itu tetesan terakhir.
Suara air serasa horor di wilayah yang ditumbuhi bentangan karst. Padahal, kawasan karts memiliki fungsi ekologis yang dapat menampung air dan mengalirkannya kembali. Keberadaan karst juga menjadi penanda peradaban umat manusia yang telah mendiami wilayah ini sejak 40 ribuan tahun lalu dengan tinggalan artefak berupa lukisan cadas yang tersebar di ratusan gua.
Keterkaitan aliran air dari karst juga tak lepas dari anak-anak sungai yang menginduk di dua sungai purba di Pangkep, yakni Sungai Binanga Sangkara dan Sungai Pangakajene yang menjadi jalur penghubung warga di pesisir hingga wilayah kepulauan di Selat Makassar.
Introduction
The hub city called Parepare is the smallest city in South Sulawesi. Currents and winds carried the sails of the seafarer into finding Parepare Bay. They chose to anchor and moored along the bay that faces west and surrounded by Kamerrang, Tanamili’e, Menralo, and Marabombang Islands, All of which are within the Suppa kingdom territory map.
The port was the cradle of this city, Cappa Ujung is its mother. The migrations eventually occurred over land route, migrants from areas around Parepare Bay came to search for a better life on this outskirts of the city. Trades and services propelled more and more arrivals of people. Dreaming of a better life is such a motivation.
The tale of the glory days has settled in the minds and memories of Cappa Ujung people. Those who dwelled along the shoreline since long ago, now have became like clocks that have run out of power to tick. Changes in the city landscape, local government policies and other things have affected those who previously relied their livelihood from port activities. Remnants of its glory have transformed into small stories among Cappa Ujung people. They keep those memories in families, objects, and ocean.