Tanah toraja, celebes tour mainstay south

Tanah Toraja, be famous tour object with the culture wealth. regency situated around 350 km borthside makassar this is very famous with the custom house building form. this custom house nameds tongkonan. made the roof from leaf nipa or coconut and can to survive until 50 year. tongkonan this has also levels appropriate society bobility degree likes gold levels, bronze, iron and brass.
Because so soil image adherence toraja with this the custom house building, as tourism promotion form and to pull of japanese tourist to this region, so custom house even also built at country “matahari bit” that. the building is done by person toraja self and memboyong tourism entrepreneur to negari sakura. now at japanese, there [are] two tongkonan very resemble with tongkonan original. presence tongkonan always make to amazed country society because its for unique. the difference with in soil toraja only located in the roof that use sago leaf (sago palm).

still many again fascination from soil toraja besides single fringe custom ceremony (burial) that famous during the time. call baby cemetary above tree tarra at village kambira, district sangalla, around 20 kilometer from rantepao, prepared for aged baby corpse 0 - 7 year.

although bury baby above tree tarra that hasn't carried out again since tens the last year, but place tree “mengubur” that baby corpse stills upright permanent and many visited tourist. above tree tarra the fruit resembles breadfruit usually made vegetable by that local citizen with tree trunk circle around 3,5 meter,s, stored tens baby corpse.

before corpse is putted into to tree trunk, beforehand that tree is burrowed then baby corpse is put into then coverred with black coloured coconut tree fiber. after tens year, that baby corpse will slurr with tree. this is a fascination to all tourist and for soil society toraja permanent consider place holy like bew child borns.

baby corpse location at this tree also accustommed with society social levels. more taller that family social degree is so more taller also baby place that buried at tree trunk tarra. even, baby that pass away put appropriate family residence direction that grieve. if the house in part west tree, so child corpse will be put at westside.

to aim soil toraja astonishing this found domestic flight path makassar - soil toraja in this time for once one week and wear little aeroplane berpenumpang eight person, consume time 45 minutes from airport hasanuddin makassar. if via land, trip enough tire this want time during seven clocks.

event interesting at this tour area that is corpse burial ceremony existence (single fringe) and fringe tuka (party syukuran) that be permanent calendar per annum. besides event, visitors can see to bear from culture tour object interestings another likes corpse storage at formed corpse relocation “kontainer” giant size widely 3 meters and tall 10 meters with tongkonan that aged 600 year at londa, rantepao. how? interested see this culture tour uniqueness? (/cax)