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Kete Kesu. Switching from traditional tourist destinations, Tana Toraja also has a natural tourist destinations that are not less unique is Kete Kesu. Kete Kesu is a tourism village in North Toraja Regency is located approximately 4 km to the southeast Rantepao.
The village has become a tourist attraction is located in the hills and paddy fields so that landscapes were presented were very green and lush. In the village there is a complex Kete Kesu Toraja traditional house called Tongkonan. Tongkonan this is often a temporary storage place for the corpse which had been wrapped in cloth before burial. Moreover, at the top of the hillside Kete Kesu, there are stone tombs which are ancient relics thought to be hundreds of years old. In Toraja, a place to store the corpse coffin is usually placed in caves for no particular stone buried in the ground. Therefore, not infrequently also coffins also once considered a grave.
On the cliff top, there is a grave stone coffin at the same time that resembles a boat. At the cemetery in the form of a boat, there are skulls and bones of humans who have died tens to hundreds of years ago. At some point the cliff, there are also a variety of offerings that consists of cigarettes and a variety of food and beverages. That said, the offerings presented in these graves contain snacks which are favored by the deceased during his lifetime.
Going down to the bottom of the cliff, you will find the tombs of the shape of a house with a very large size. In front of this tomb sculptures placed the man made to resemble the deceased. Usually, the people who died were buried in the tomb of this type are those that come from certain circles in Toraja. Along the wall of the cliff to get to the bottom, there is also a tomb covered with iron bars. Inside the tomb were covered by iron bars, there are statues of the bodies of certain family members.
Moreover, usually family possessions bodies were also incorporated into the spoked tomb. Therefore, the iron bars installed with the aim to prevent the theft of the statue as well as property belonging to the corpse. In addition to the boat-shaped and shaped holes in the cliff, there is also the tomb once coffin carved and shaped neatly carved buffalo and pigs. Buffalo-shaped coffin is usually reserved for the bodies of men, whereas pigs coffin shaped bodies usually reserved for women.
Switching from mysticism tomb and coffin, in the Kete Kesu is also available a special row of souvenir shops hawking souvenirs typical of Tana Toraja. One of the typical souvenirs of the most famous Tana Toraja is carving wood with various motifs. Motif attached to wood carving is usually the animal and plant motifs that symbolize goodness and prosperity. Being around Kete Kesu, do not forget to stop shopping in the souvenir shops. Guaranteed, your vacation to Tana Toraja will be more memorable!
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On the cliff top, there is a grave stone coffin at the same time that resembles a boat. At the cemetery in the form of a boat, there are skulls and bones of humans who have died tens to hundreds of years ago. At some point the cliff, there are also a variety of offerings that consists of cigarettes and a variety of food and beverages. That said, the offerings presented in these graves contain snacks which are favored by the deceased during his lifetime.
Going down to the bottom of the cliff, you will find the tombs of the shape of a house with a very large size. In front of this tomb sculptures placed the man made to resemble the deceased. Usually, the people who died were buried in the tomb of this type are those that come from certain circles in Toraja. Along the wall of the cliff to get to the bottom, there is also a tomb covered with iron bars. Inside the tomb were covered by iron bars, there are statues of the bodies of certain family members.
Moreover, usually family possessions bodies were also incorporated into the spoked tomb. Therefore, the iron bars installed with the aim to prevent the theft of the statue as well as property belonging to the corpse. In addition to the boat-shaped and shaped holes in the cliff, there is also the tomb once coffin carved and shaped neatly carved buffalo and pigs. Buffalo-shaped coffin is usually reserved for the bodies of men, whereas pigs coffin shaped bodies usually reserved for women.
Switching from mysticism tomb and coffin, in the Kete Kesu is also available a special row of souvenir shops hawking souvenirs typical of Tana Toraja. One of the typical souvenirs of the most famous Tana Toraja is carving wood with various motifs. Motif attached to wood carving is usually the animal and plant motifs that symbolize goodness and prosperity. Being around Kete Kesu, do not forget to stop shopping in the souvenir shops. Guaranteed, your vacation to Tana Toraja will be more memorable!
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