Exploring Tana Toraja

Tana Toraja district.  Tana Toraja Regency is a regency in South Sulawesi province, with regents named Ir. Nico Biringkanae. The district capital is Makale. Before the expansion, the district has an area of 3,203 km² and a population of as many as 221 .081 inhabitants (2010). Toraja tribe who inhabit the mountainous regions and maintain a distinctive lifestyle and still shows the original Austronesian lifestyle and culture similar to Nias. This area is one of the attractions in South Sulawesi. Map of north toraja district Redistricting.  Based on Law No. 28 of 2008, the northern part of the district was expanded into North Toraja Regency with capital Rantepao. Tourism site.  Tana Toraja is one tourist attraction Indonesia, inhabited by Toraja who inhabit the mountainous regions and maintain a distinctive lifestyle and still shows the original Austronesian lifestyle and culture similar to Nias. This area is one of the attractions in South Sulawesi. Pallawa....

The people of Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, known as multicultural societies, have various ethnicities, races and religions, have a unique way of caring for tolerance between ethnic and religious communities. The tradition of "Tolu Batu Lalikan" which in Torajan means meaningful alliance between culture, religion and government becomes the strong adhesive of tolerance among religious people in Toraja. Harmony of toraja community Exploring the meaning of cultural and religious symbols in the broad context for the welfare of human beings who are constantly encouraged by the people, government and religious leaders, make Toraja not easily provoked by conflict or disharmony between religious people who often explode in some areas in the country. Reverend Sulaiman Manguling MTh, who is also a community figure in Tana Toraja mentioned, the synergy that was built firmly between ethnic, tribe and religious people in Toraja has lasted hundreds of years ago. Interestingly, accord...

Funeral In Toraja society, the funeral service is the most important ritual and costly. The more rich and powerful man, then the cost of the funeral service will be more expensive. In religion aluk, only noble families who are entitled to hold a big funeral feast. Funeral party a royalty is typically attended by hundreds of people and lasted several days. A funeral procession place called Rante is usually prepared in a prairie, as well as the mourners in attendance, as well as a granary, and the various other funeral devices made by the family of the deceased. Flute music, singing, song and poetry, weeping and wailing is an expression of condolence carried out by the Toraja, but it does not apply to funeral children, the poor and the lower class. Funeral The funeral ceremony recently held occasionally after weeks, months, even years since death is concerned, with the aim that the bereaved family can collect enough money to cover funeral expenses. Toraja people believe that dea...

Religion Toraja traditional belief systems are polytheistic animism called aluk, or "street" (sometimes translated as "law"). In myth Toraja, Toraja ancestors came from heaven by taking the stairs which were later used by the Toraja people as a way of dealing with Puang Matua, the creator god. The universe, according to aluk, the world is divided into upper (Heaven) the human world (earth), and the underworld. At first, heaven and earth to get married and produce darkness, separation, and then comes the light. Animals living in the underworld represented by a rectangular area bounded by the four pillars of the earth is a place for human beings, and paradise is situated on top, covered with saddle roof berbetuk. The gods of other Toraja is Pong Banggai in Rante (god of the earth), Indo 'Ongon-Ongon (goddess of the earthquake), Pong Lalondong (god of death), Indo' Belo tumbles (goddess of treatment), and others. Power on earth that words and actions must b...

Family The family is a major social and political groups in the Toraja. Each village is a big family. Each house had a name used as the name of the village. Families participate maintain unity village. Marriage with distant cousins (fourth cousins and so on) is a common practice that strengthens kinship. Toraja prohibits marriage with a close cousin (up to a third cousin) except for the nobles, to prevent the spread of wealth. Kinship take place on a reciprocal basis, in the sense that large families helping each other in agriculture, shared in ritual buffalo, and each pay the debt. Perform traditional ceremonies Everyone became a member of the family of a mother and father. Child, therefore, inherit things from her mother and father, including land and even the family debt. The child's name is given on the basis of kinship, and are usually chosen based on the name of a relative who has died. Name aunts, uncles and cousins who are usually called the name of his mothe...

Toraja tribe. The origin of the word Toraja is still being debated, including shared versions and reference respectively. There are several versions of the origin of the word Toraja including the following: from the terms of the Bugis who called, to Riaja, which means "one who dwells in the land above". However, some other sources claim that the Luwu To Riajang which means "one who dwells in the west". There is also another version that says Toraya (in our daily lives are still often hear older people in Toraja call Toraja with such a word), is derived from two words ie, To = Tau (people), Kingdom = from the word Maraya (big | could mean people -the great or noble). Over time and some changes in spelling, word Toraja still retains the old spelling for writing. The word can be interpreted as domestic Tana. Until the residential areas in the future the majority of the Toraja better known as Tana Toraja, which eventually became the name of the district administration i...