What island is Toraja on?
What island is Toraja on?
Tana Toraja, literally means land of Toraja, is a highland situated in the region of Southern Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is well known as the Land of Heavenly Kings.
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.
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.
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. A man snaps a family photo as relatives pose with the bodies of their deceased loved during the Ma’nene ritual.
Where does Celebes kalossi Toraja Coffee come from?
This coffee is from Indonesia, one of the first countries cultivated with coffee by the Europeans and currently the fourth largest producer of coffee in the world. The name alone of our Celebes Kalossi coffee allows a little armchair travel, preferably while sipping some of this region’s fine coffee.
Where do the Toraja people live in Indonesia?
The Tana Toraja is a regency of South Sulawesi in Indonesia, a picturesque mountainous region that is home to an indigenous group known as the Torajans. For the Toraja people, life very much revolves around death, but not in a morbid sense.
What did the Toraja people do when a person dies?
According to the ancient Torajan belief system, the spirit of a dead person must return to his village of origin. So if a person died on a journey, the family would go to the place of death and accompany the deceased back home by walking them back to the village.
Where is the Salu funeral in South Sulawesi?
In the central highlands of South Sulawesi, about 328km north of Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi Province. Salu Funeral at Tana Toraja. Photo by Arian Zwegers
