Angin Mamiri is one of the most popular folk songs from South Sulawesi.
This song is often performed at cultural and artistic events.
The beauty of the melody and rhythm of this song makes it an accompaniment song for the regional dance of the same name, Anging Mammiri Dance.
Even so, there are still many people who don’t know this typical Makassar folk song.
Well, here is a complete explanation of the Anging Mamiri song as summarized from a Makassar State University journal entitled “Media Design for the Introduction of the Philosophy of the Anging Mamiri song”.
The Origin of the Anging Mamiri Song It is mentioned that the Anging Mamiri Song was created by Borra Daeng Ngirate.
This song was created around the 1940s.
The song is taken from Lontara’ Kelong, which is a kind of literary text that is sung.
Lontara Kelong is generally still memorized by the community for generations and contains pappaseng (messages).
The original lontara kelong text of the song Anging Mamiri is as follows: Anging Mammiri kupasang Pitujui tontanganna Manna tanakku Puna dinging-dingin mamo Borra Daeng Ngirate, then added sentences, lines in one stanza and made changes to the syllable structure, in creating the lyrics of the song Anging Mamiri as it is known today.

Ref: detik.com.