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Tanah Toraja Tanah Toraja was the name of a regency in the South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. This area was one of the tourist attractions in South Sulawesi. Batutumonga became one of the available nature tourist attractions in Toraja. In Batutumonga we could relax and enjoy beauty of nature that still natural.

Batutumonga was located in foot the mountain of  Sesean, so as his weather was very fresh and free from pollution. Apart from Batutumonga, the other nature tourist attraction was the hot water bathing place (Makula) and the nature pond (Tilangga).

Tanah Toraja community had the traditional house that the form of the building was unique that is the plank was red that supported a building with the form like the Chinese Royal boat, the row of water buffalo horns that depended in front of the house and carved on the plank as the sign of the social status of the owner of the building. The form of the unique building became one of the tourist attractions in the Tanah Toraja. The form of the unique building that could be encountered almost in each yard of the Tanah Toraja house community more was known by the name of Tongkonan. This house could not be owned by the individual, but was owned in a manner for generations by the family or the Tanah Toraja clan ethnic group. Tongkonan words came from the "Tongkon" term that was significant “sit”. Beforehand Tongkonan was the center of the government, the authority of the tradition and the development of the social life culture of the Tanah Toraja community. Gotten by several Tongkonan kinds, that are Tongkonan Layuk as the place created and compiled social rules piety, Tongkonan Pekaindoran as the place of the organiser of the government of the tradition and Tongkonan Batu Ariri as the place developed the association of the family.

In Tanah Toraja was gotten the traditional ceremony that was famous that called Rambu Solo. Rambu Solo was the ceremony to bury the body. Rambu Solo tradition ceremony was the customs and traditions that were inherited by the Tanah Toraja community for generations that obliged the family that was remained made a party as last respect to late that went. The ceremony of Rambu Solo was divided into several stages in accordance with the social strata the Tanah Toraja community; the first is Dipasang Bongi, this ceremony was only carried out in one night. The second was Dipatallung Bongi, this ceremony took place for three nights and was carried out of home as well as had the reduction the animal. The third is Dipalimang Bongi this ceremony took place for five nights and was carried out around the house as well as the reduction the animal. The last one is Dipapitung Bongi, this ceremony took place for seven nights that every time at night were the reduction the animal. In this Rambu Solo tradition ceremony also was gotten pitted the water buffalo (Mapasilaga Tedong). The uniqueness of the funeral of the body in the Tanah Toraja was the existence of the body that was buried in the wall of the mountainous stone or the tree gap.

These are several names of the funeral in the Tanah Toraja that was made the object of the tour visit :

Patane (the cemetery that had the shape of the house). This was the location of the settlement of the Tanah Toraja community ancient at the same time the funeral that has exclusive nuances, was built by Pong Maramba as the symbol of the government in his time.

Tondon Hole, the funeral in the Balusu territory the place of the noble was buried in a special place that consisted of 12 holes.

To Doyan was the location of the tourist attraction took the form of the big tree that cavities in his root were used as the baby's grave (the child who did not yet grow his teeth).

Tampang Allo this was a cave cemetery nature that was located in the Sangalla District and contained tens of Erong, tens of Tau-Tau (the statue) and hundreds of skulls as well as humankind bones.

Patane Pong Massangka (the cemetery from wood had the shape of the Toraja house) was built during 1930 for a widow named Palindatu that died during 1920 that was ceremonied in a manner the Toraja tradition highest that was acknowledged as Rapasan Sapu Randanan.

Londa was the ancient nature cemetery, took the form of the cave and had the amazing panorama. In this cave cemetery was forbidden to take or move bones, the skull or the available body.

Rante  was the tourist attraction took the form of the place of the funeral ceremony in a manner the tradition that was supplemented with 100 menhir/the megaliths that in the Toraja language was acknowledged as Simbuang Batu. (oks)  
 

 

 
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