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TORAJA Guide to the Magnificent Sights and Attractions Oftoraja | 2 Embrace You Theair to and Allow Sing of You Serenity 1 | Guide to the Magnificent Sights and Attractions of TORAJA WELCOME TO TORAJA After a wondrous journey that moves you through interchanging sights of stunning granite cliffs, lofty mountains, and vast sea, you will arrive in Toraja. The Torajans are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group located in a mountainous region of Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia. Alongside their rich culture and traditions, Torajan also treasures abundant myths about the origin of its name. Learn the history of Toraja ethnic, where its people have been shaped by location and blessed with great longevity. On this land, well-preserved ancestral traditions are implemented within the peaceful communal society. A new idea are like Christianity synchronizes harmoniously with local customs, making Toraja someplace special. Witness the dramatic ceremony, family bound, culinary and art of the only living megalithic culture on modern earth. 2 | Enveloped by magnificent natural landscape, Toraja is a life-changing experience waiting to be explored. The nature of Toraja, once it casts TORAJA its spells, anchors you in its net of bewilderment eternally. Let the land embrace you and allow the air to sing you a melody of serenity. Guide to the Magnificent Sights and Attractions of CONTENTS 4. Map of Indonesia 24. Culinary Heritage 38. Community Based Tourism 5. Map of Sulawesi 26. Tau Tau 39. Language 6. Highlands Wisdom 27. Pa’gellu 40. About Toraja DMO 10. Toraja Ethnic 28. Things to know before you go 12. Toraja Nature 30. How to get there 14. Land Above the Clouds 31. Map of Toraja 16. Local Marvels 32. Tourism Business Listing 17. Art of the Trade 33. Sample of itinerary PUBLISHER DESIGN Toraja DMO with support from Swisscontact Swisscontact and Toraja DMO and SECO (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs) of the Swiss Confederation. No part of DISTRIBUTOR this publication may be copied or reproduced in Toraja DMO, Makale, Tana Toraja, any form by any means Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia PHOTOGRAPHY Toraja DMO, Swisscontact, Djuna Ivereigh 3 | (www.djunapix.com) Guide to the Magnificent Sights and Attractions of INQUIRY To advertise please contact [email protected] EMAIL. WEBSITE Visit Toraja @VisitToraja @visittoraja TORAJA [email protected] www.visittoraja.com INDONESIA WHERE Archipelago of amazement is definitely not an overstatement. Indonesia is the celestial haven for your mind to wonder and your WE ARE soul to wander. An archipelago comprises of more than 17,000 islands, hundreds of ethnic groups speaking many different languages, and the home of thousands diverse attractions, each with its own unique values. Indonesia will most likely satisfy your inner desire for adventure, leisure or even spiritual experience. What you’re about to see might be beyond your wildest dreams. 4 | TORAJA Guide to the Magnificent Sights and Attractions of SULAWESI Formerly known as Celebes, Sulawesi is an island part of four Greater Sunda Islands, situated between Borneo and Maluku Islands. This enormous and charismatic island has so much to offer. Meet the people from the highlands, Torajans who live with their cultures that have been independently evolve through the dramatic geography and topography, down to sea level of Wakatobi’s white and sandy beaches and Togian Islands occupied by fringe coral reefs and variety of fish; and the Bugis clan who are mainly inhabiting Sulawesi’s coastal regions and well known as Indonesia’s most famous seafarers. Further going down to 5 | the interior side, Sulawesi is shaded Guide to the Magnificent Sights and Attractions of by impenetrable mountains and jungles filled with wildlife. TORAJA THE MOST EFFECTIVE ART only towards the animals, but to each human being venturing HIGHLANDS OF SURVIVAL IS HARMONY into their land. Pilfer or theft is uncommon, even for WISDOM The arable land of Toraja is very limited due to foreigners visiting. The plants its rocky terrain. It is isolated by natural barrier, are nourished not only by viable making it hard to trade with outsiders. On this sources of nutrients, but with condition, ancient people in Toraja must have heart as well as part of the circle relied on very limited resources they had. of life that adjoins the land. As the teaching representing the This living condition turns ancestral spirits themselves, Toraja into a self-fulfilling Tallu Lolona is the ultimate ecosystem. And with limited bond that binds all living entities options at hand, Toraja in this mythical highland. It is ancestors chose the oldest and the solemn sentinel that watches most compelling art of survival: over in silence, existing through harmony. the veins of every breathing organism, spreading through Torajans believe there’s a tie the people themselves. (lolo) that attaches human, animals and plants in one system. To survive, human must TONGKONAN, care for animals and plants. THE CELESTIAL If one of the three is harmed, MICROCOSM all of them will suffer the Torajans believe that a house consequences. This philosophy is not just a home, it’s a small is called Tallu Lolona. universe. Tongkonan, a wonder of architecture from the dawn of Tallu Lolona is a teaching of Toraja civilization, is far from a Aluk Todolo, an ancestral simple abode. The traditional religion dating back to Torajan house represents an intricate relation between generations. 6 mythical past. This ancient faith | teaches Torajans to respect their It serves a dutiful purpose to parents, elders, ancestors, and uphold peace and value in the TORAJA the balance of life in general. society. This philosophy lives on, even A Tongkonan belongs to To when modernization makes Ma’rapu, a family clan related Toraja no longer dependent on by blood. Parengnge,’ an elder of harmony to survive. Toraja is still such a clan is responsible to teach and will strive for the balance the extended family within his between human, animals and Tongkonan about the ancestral plants. The prized water buffalo, ways of life. A Tongkonan has its for example, is often massaged, own set of family law and value, hand-fed, bathed and let loose executed through Tarian Pitu or Traditional House at Palawa in the field to relax. The people seven ethnic justice systems. The lack of writing culture doesn’t Guide to the Magnificent Sights and Attractions of are very gentle in nature, not seem to leave the legacy untold, complicated requirements of into reference points which RECOMMENDED since they are ingrained and those paramount ceremonies. determine human relations. PLACES TO passed through practice. After approved by a traditional To express their relations with council, the new glorious others, Torajans say that ‘their DISCOVER When you venture around creation will then have its houses are united’ or that Toraja, you’ll notice that significant role amongst Torajan they are ‘brothers and sisters’ THE SACRED Tongkonan is always paired family tree. in a certain house, granting HIGHLANDS by rice storage called Alang. themselves a profound sense Alang symbolizes father that CIRCLING BACK TO of belonging and reinforcing feeds his family, as opposed to THE BEGINNING their clan system. The bond KE’TE KE’SU From the sheer size of the Tongkonan’s maternal role as No matter how far a Torajan that links Torajan family is not village, the ancient Tongkonan caregiver. A larger Tongkonan travels, his/her life will always merely one of blood, but of buildings seem to loom over is also supported by other circle back to the Tongkonan. respect and affection in each as sentinels of the Torajan elements such as watering The moment of birth, the other’s life. Lively atmosphere lore itself. Even the stone hole, animal pen, family bonding of love, and the final can be genuinely encountered stairs appear to be woven for graves, and plantation which resting place is and always will be in a Tongkonan. Members of a giants to step upon. Ke’te Ke’su make the complex a small in a Tongkonan building, where clan oftentimes gather to discuss is one of the most pristine self-sufficient ecosystem. To every other family members will important affairs like marriages, and traditional Tongkonan build a Tongkonan, a family join in on the festivities. heritages, or social conflicts, complexes throughout all branch must carry out five enabling themselves to resolve Toraja, and it will capture your stages of an intricate ceremony. EMERGING AFFINITY problems through intimate and attention with each glance. Extended family members Tongkonan yields more than just amiable way. will have to work side by side shelter. As a very significant point to share high expenses and in Toraja community, it grows PA L AWA’ Adorned with ornaments of sun circles and rooster carvings, Palawa’ Tongkonan complex is a breathtaking sight. Fix your eyes on historical remnants of the ancestral war of the 11th century, with all the majestic 7 buffalo horns proclaiming | regality in every inch. Guide to the Magnificent Sights and Attractions of TUMAKKE’ PAPA BATU Tumakke’ is home of the extraordinary Tongkonan, whose roof is exclusively made from andesite rock and soil mixture, giving it a solid sense of security found nowhere else. Sun, buffalo horns, plaiting, and geometrical patterns are artistically engraved to the Tongkonan of Tumakke’. TORAJA War hat in Ke’te Ke’su Museum 8 | TORAJA Guide to the Magnificent Sights and Attractions of 9 | Guide to the Magnificent Sights and Attractions of TORAJA THE HISTORICAL WAY OF LIFE The southerner’s myth tells about TORAJA Tamboro Langi’ and Lakipada Alongside their rich culture and traditions, Toraja who descended from the sky ETHNIC also treasures abundant myths about the origin of its with stairs. Tamboro Langi’ name. Buginese called the sacred highlands ‘To Riaja’ established Sangalla’ Kingdom or a place where northern people lived. and initiated contact with other kingdoms in South Sulawesi. People of Luwu Kingdom had Lakipada, on the other hand, is their own way of naming, a theologian that preaches about referring it to ‘To Rajang’ or a the existence of afterlife (Puya).
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