sentences:  It was these difficulties faced by the Wajorese in their homeland which prompted them to emigrate elsewhere.While migration had always been an important part of Wajorese culture, it was particularly prominent in the aftermath of the Makassar War, when a large number of Wajorese migrants established themselves abroad in Makassar, eastern Borneo, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and the Straits of Malacca area, among other places.These diaspora communities were connected to their homeland as well as to each other by familial, commercial, political and legal ties.