Tradition death Toraja land

Toraja is one of the area known for its distinctive culture and is still maintained its sustainability . One of the highlights of Toraja culture is their traditional home and Death Traditions Festival is very famous and has always been an attraction for tourists .As you well know the culture and customs of the Toraja is still very strong and is maintained to this day . It can be seen from the buildings in Tana Toraja is decorated with carvings typical form of the Toraja . One is the traditional house of Toraja , namely Tongkonan .



There are few places that can be addressed if you want to see one of them is Tongkonan Pallawa traditional village . In the traditional village you can see the unique tribal house Toraja . One of the uniqueness that we encountered in the traditional village Pallawa Tongkonan this is the front Tongkonan decorated by horns of a buffalo and one of the parents in the village we know that the number of buffalo horn that hung front lined Tongkonan that we can know the status of of social Tongkonan owner . The higher or more buffalo horn arrangement , the higher the social status they have. For the Toraja , the buffalo is not just livestock , but also become a symbol of prosperity and status .
Besides Tongkonan , typical Toraja wood carving is a cultural realization . There are around 60 types of typical Toraja carvings that have a variety of styles and meanings of each tone. The dominant color in a typical Toraja carvings are red , yellow , white and black colors . Most typical Toraja carving an abstract and geometric carvings .
Toraja souvenirs * ignore the boxes behind :) ) *
CELEBRATING THE DEATH OF TRADITIONIn addition to traditional house Toraja and crafts , a very interesting culture that Death Ceremony . For the Toraja 's death is important , so in honor of the death of deaths traditional ceremony known as Solo Signs . Signs Solo is a traditional ceremony that to this day is one of the most demanding events by tourists , especially foreign tourist . In the tradition of the Toraja Death Ceremony held for days and celebrated royally .
The celebration ceremony dilakasanakan different on every social class , the higher the social class , the more festive celebration held . When we were in Tana Toraja just finished celebrated a funeral ceremony in an area , unfortunately when we got to the ceremony was over , but lucky we got to see where the ceremony was held . According to the owner of the hotel where we rented a motorbike , the cost to perform a funeral ceremony in the hundreds of millions and even billion of dollars . Aside from the hotel owner , I also know a lot about death in Tana Toraja ceremony of a guide hired by a tourist from Canada who stayed in the same hotel with us , he tells about the funeral procession in Tana Toraja .When I was in there two Toraja funeral rites are held , but I missed the ceremony because both can not find the location of the ceremony took place * really * sad . But on my first day in Toraja had come to a place where the celebration of a funeral , but unfortunately when we got to the ceremony had ended . Hopefully on the other occasions I could watch the funeral was a very famous