What is Tana Toraja famous for?
The Tana Toraja region is famed for its coffee. In your local coffee house it will cost a small fortune.
Where does Toraja people come from?
The Torajans are an ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Their population is approximately 1,100,000, of whom 450,000 live in the regency of Tana Toraja (“Land of Toraja”).
How do the Tana Toraja define death?
Death is something that is unavoidable. The deceased member is considered truly dead only when the extended family reaches an agreement and when the family has enough resources to hold a funeral ceremony that is deemed appropriate for the status of the deceased.
What language do Toraja people speak?
The Sa’dan Toraja speak Tae’, an Austronesian language that is thought to be related to the neighboring languages of Duri and Buginese. Tae’ has two levels of speech—a daily language and a high language of the priesthoods. Today, as citizens of Indonesia, most Toraja also speak Bahasa Indonesia.
How do I get to Toraja?
To get to Tana Toraja one must fly to Sultan Hasanuddin airport in Makassar, capital of the province of South Sulawesi. As a hub for East Indonesia there are many airlines flying to and from Makassar. The only way to Toraja from Makassar airport is overland. There are no flights between Makassar and Toraja.
What is Toraja house?
Tongkonan is the traditional ancestral house, or Rumah adat of the Torajan people, in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tongkonan have a distinguishing boat-shaped and oversized saddleback roof. Like most of Indonesia’s Austronesian-based traditional architecture, tongkonan are built on piles.
Where dead bodies are kept?
mortuary
A mortuary is a room or area, often in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept. You can also use the word mortuary to talk about a funeral home. When a person dies in a hospital, his body is usually moved to a mortuary before an autopsy takes place. A mortuary is also where a body is kept until it’s buried or cremated.
Which country digs up the dead?
Indonesia’s
A family member cleans the preserved corpses of relatives during a traditional ritual called “Manene.” Families in a mountainous community on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island dig up their mummified relatives every three years, clean them and dress them in their favourite clothes to honour their spirits.
Do residents of Toraja Indonesia take their deceased loved?
Indonesia’s Toraja people keep their dead relatives in their homes, treating them as if they were alive until they can be given expensive, elaborate funerals. Family members stand over the deceased loved ones who will be cleaned and given new clothes before being returned to their tombs.
What is Ma Nene festival?
The practice was adopted by the Toraja, who believed the spirits would reward them for taking care of the dead. The Ma’nene festival, which translates to ‘the Ceremony of Cleaning Corpses’, see the dead exhumed, groomed and dressed in fashionable new clothes.
Where a dead person is buried is called?
A mortuary is a room or area, often in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept. When a person dies in a hospital, his body is usually moved to a mortuary before an autopsy takes place. A mortuary is also where a body is kept until it’s buried or cremated.