"HOME OF THE HIGHLANDERS"
Toraja is home to thousands of indigenous Torajan people who occupy 3,205 square kilometers of a hilly and mountainous area that rises between 300 and 2,800 meters above sea level in South Sulawesi. Tana Toraja means home of the upland people in the Bugis language and visit there is like a trip to an ancient land, where megalithic traditions and heritage have been preserved for more than seven centuries.
The natural Landscape is one of the beautiful in
Indonesia. Kete Kesu, once nominated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of
the most elaborate ancient settlement of the Tana Toraja People. The complex
consists of the several houses,a granary and burial site carved into the rocky
cliff, a ceremonial ground and rice fields-all of which have made the area a
stunning destination.
The elaborate funeral rites are important social and
cultural events. Although the majority of the residents have converted to
christianity, there is strong belief in the indigenous way of the ancestors,
Aluk To Dolo.
sumber: Jakarta post
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