Holiday Ayo - The Monument to the Victims of 40 Thousand Souls is a monument built to honor the deaths of 40,000 fighters on the battlefield against the Dutch troops.

On the orders of Raymond Pierre Paul Westerling the Dutch troops massacred 40 thousand fighters in Makassar land, this event is often called the Westerling massacre.

The Monument to the Victims of 40 Thousand Souls is a Makassar tourist destination that reminds us of the atrocities of war and colonialism.

Located at street Langgau, in the middle of the city of Makassar, in the complex's 40,000 first monument there is a hole location hundreds of mass graves of victims Westerling.

In that monument, there is a mass grave of hundreds of victims. This place was used as a symbol of the massacre monument.

While the location of slaughter and mass graves scattered in various other places in various districts in South Sulawesi: Barru, Sidrap, Enrekang, and the City of Pare-Pare.

If it comes into the monument, visitors will see a 5-meter high bronze statue.

This statue stature legless man, who was standing with crutches.

The monument in the complex can be seen also reliefs depicting the atmosphere of the massacre first: a few women and children saw the corpses lying in front of.