Tanah Toraja


TANA TORAJA 

        Tana Toraja, a famous tourist attraction with its cultural richness. District which is located about 350 km north of Makassar is very famous with their customary form of house building. The traditional house is named Tongkonan. The roof is made from bamboo is split and stacked compiled, but now many are using zinc. Tongkonan also has a corresponding degree of aristocratic strata of society such as gold, bronze, iron and brass. 



As one tourist attraction Indonesia, Tana Toraja has a famous tourist attraction with its cultural richness. The following list of some interesting places in Tana Toraja that you might visit:

Pallawa
Tongkonan Pallawa is one tongkonan or custom homes are very appealing and are among the bamboo trees on the hilltop. Tongkonan is decorated with a number of buffalo horn that is attached at the front of the custom house. Located about 12 km to the north of Rantepau.

Londa
Londa is the steep rocks on the side of a typical tomb Tana Toraja. One of them is located in a high hill with a cave in the crates in which the corpse is set according to the family line. On one side is left open other hill overlooking the green expanse of scenery. Located about 5 km to the south of Rantepau.

Ke'te Kesu
Fascinating objects in the village of Tongkonan, granary and surrounding buildings in the megaliths. About 100 yards behind this village there is a cliff burial site with tombs dependent and tau-tau in a given building stone fence.
Tau-tau shows the appearance of the owner daily. This village is also known for its expertise sculpture owned by the inhabitants as well as a great place to shop for souvenirs. Located about 4 km from southeast Rantepau.

Stone Tumonga
In this area you can find around 56 stone menhirs in a loop with four trees in the middle. Most of stone menhirs have a height of about two to three meters.
From this place you can see the beauty rantepau and the surrounding valley. Located in an areas with altitude 1300 Meters above sea level.

Lemo
This place is often referred to as the home of spirits. In the cemetery you can see the corpse Lemo yanng stored in the open air, amid the steep rocks. Burial complex is a mix between death, arts, and ritual.
At certain times, the clothes of the corpses will be replaced with a ceremony Ma Nene. Located in District Tana Toraja.


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Kebiasaan
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Corpse
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Mempesona
Granary
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Valley
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Exercises :

a)   What is the most famous in Tanah Toraja?
b)  Write the name of some interesting places 
in Tanah Toraja!
c)   What can you find in Stone Tumonga?
d)  Where is the located of Londa?
e)   What is Pallawa?
        
  
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