For the Toraja tribe, "Rambu Solo" is a ceremony to bury our beloved ancestors or parents.Ancestral tradition is both a kinship adhesive Toraja people of their ancestral homeland.
One night in Tanah Toraja highlands. At that time, more late nights when the moon emits its light reflection. Around the yard or custom homes Tongkonan Tana Toraja seen their relatives and families gathered marked the start of the opening of the Toraja traditional burial rites. The atmosphere had become sacred when they sang together in a dance poem Ma'badong grief. This dance symbolizes the wailing of grief to remember the late service during his lifetime as well as an expression of sorrow for those left behind.
Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi is a beautiful area. This district is dominated plateau.Expanse of mountains and hills, even as a silent witness to the origins of human life there. At the foot of the mountains Kandora, for example, a variety of stories and legends accompany the emergence of Toraja society.
Syahdan about 15 centuries ago, a bunch of immigrants from the Gulf Tongkin, mainland China, anchored in the mountains of western South Sulawesi. Chinese immigrants are finally chose to stay and mingle with the natives in the interior.Acculturation or cultural mixture is then often called Toraja culture.
Not surprisingly, when in Tana Toraja, many found the house that resembles a Chinese boat called Tongkonan. This custom home is equipped with a barn to store the rice as well as a symbol of greatness and welfare of the people Toraja.
Status of the Toraja nobility is easily recognizable, especially when they perform the ritual burial of the dead. Unlike the common people, the nobles Toraja tribe if the dead body was preserved before burial. Another feature, the bodies of nobles are usually buried on the cliffs and caves in the area of Tana Toraja along with their favorite possessions.
When the funeral procession Toraja traditional ceremony called "Signs Solo". "Signs Solo" is a ritual that is very long and tiring. Because death is not the end of every treatise on life. Thus, an obligation for families to celebrate the last party as a form of homage to the spirits who will go to the afterlife.
The night wore on. Ritual for ritual was already executed. It was time the family establish a ritual Ma `tundan or wake the dead. As the start of Ma `tundan, grief etched on his face again relatives and loved ones of the deceased. Tears fell profusely as a form of their loved ones will be gone forever.
The sounds of mortar and bamboo is done simultaneously with the removal of the bodies of deceased procession from the funeral home to disinggahkan Tongkonan custom home to be buried during the night.
Then, relatives and family together to carry the coffin weighing up to 100 pounds to be raised in a traditional house. According to Toraja traditional procession symbolizes the reunification of the corpse with his ancestors. At the custom house, crate containing the body of the deceased must be kept up all night by relatives.
Day has changed, now is the time to continue the procession moving coffin. Scorching heat did not reduce the local people to honor the dead. They had gathered in the barn house to continue the traditional procession of the coffin transfer from custom homes to the granary.
Then dance tribute was done. Red cloth is spread as a symbol of the greatness of Toraja tribe. Relatives and residents work together to deliver the casket down the barn.When the coffin is lowered, cheers echoed among the population. Residents try to cope with the heavy burden resting on their shoulders. Red cloth, or lamba lamba is laid as a symbol of the bodies way to go.
Finally, the coffin arrived at the barn that is located just below the custom house. In Toraja society's belief, bodies laying in the barn for three nights it signifies the body of late has led to the death of the actual phase.
One night in Tanah Toraja highlands. At that time, more late nights when the moon emits its light reflection. Around the yard or custom homes Tongkonan Tana Toraja seen their relatives and families gathered marked the start of the opening of the Toraja traditional burial rites. The atmosphere had become sacred when they sang together in a dance poem Ma'badong grief. This dance symbolizes the wailing of grief to remember the late service during his lifetime as well as an expression of sorrow for those left behind.
Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi is a beautiful area. This district is dominated plateau.Expanse of mountains and hills, even as a silent witness to the origins of human life there. At the foot of the mountains Kandora, for example, a variety of stories and legends accompany the emergence of Toraja society.
Syahdan about 15 centuries ago, a bunch of immigrants from the Gulf Tongkin, mainland China, anchored in the mountains of western South Sulawesi. Chinese immigrants are finally chose to stay and mingle with the natives in the interior.Acculturation or cultural mixture is then often called Toraja culture.
Not surprisingly, when in Tana Toraja, many found the house that resembles a Chinese boat called Tongkonan. This custom home is equipped with a barn to store the rice as well as a symbol of greatness and welfare of the people Toraja.
Status of the Toraja nobility is easily recognizable, especially when they perform the ritual burial of the dead. Unlike the common people, the nobles Toraja tribe if the dead body was preserved before burial. Another feature, the bodies of nobles are usually buried on the cliffs and caves in the area of Tana Toraja along with their favorite possessions.
When the funeral procession Toraja traditional ceremony called "Signs Solo". "Signs Solo" is a ritual that is very long and tiring. Because death is not the end of every treatise on life. Thus, an obligation for families to celebrate the last party as a form of homage to the spirits who will go to the afterlife.
The night wore on. Ritual for ritual was already executed. It was time the family establish a ritual Ma `tundan or wake the dead. As the start of Ma `tundan, grief etched on his face again relatives and loved ones of the deceased. Tears fell profusely as a form of their loved ones will be gone forever.
The sounds of mortar and bamboo is done simultaneously with the removal of the bodies of deceased procession from the funeral home to disinggahkan Tongkonan custom home to be buried during the night.
Then, relatives and family together to carry the coffin weighing up to 100 pounds to be raised in a traditional house. According to Toraja traditional procession symbolizes the reunification of the corpse with his ancestors. At the custom house, crate containing the body of the deceased must be kept up all night by relatives.
Day has changed, now is the time to continue the procession moving coffin. Scorching heat did not reduce the local people to honor the dead. They had gathered in the barn house to continue the traditional procession of the coffin transfer from custom homes to the granary.
Then dance tribute was done. Red cloth is spread as a symbol of the greatness of Toraja tribe. Relatives and residents work together to deliver the casket down the barn.When the coffin is lowered, cheers echoed among the population. Residents try to cope with the heavy burden resting on their shoulders. Red cloth, or lamba lamba is laid as a symbol of the bodies way to go.
Finally, the coffin arrived at the barn that is located just below the custom house. In Toraja society's belief, bodies laying in the barn for three nights it signifies the body of late has led to the death of the actual phase.
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