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TANA
TORAJA
Situated
on the crossroads of historical and strategic sea
lanes, the province of South Sulawesi constitutes
the narrow south-western peninsula of this
mountainous, orchid-shaped island. The capital and
chief trading port of the Province, Ujung Pandang,
is still the gateway to eastern Indonesia.
The
seafaring Bugis dominate the southern tip of
Sulawesi, but further north, trough rugged and
remarkable country is Tana Toraja, often referred
to as the "Land of the Heavenly Kings"
whose unique culture rivals any in the archipelago
Toraja Land well known
for its unique culture and ancient traditions.
Rantepao is the center of tourism in Toraja Land.
From Rantepao, side trips can be made to Kete, a
traditional village where there are handicraft and
unique shops, behind the village there is a grave
site on a hillside. Two cliff graves easy to reach
are Lemo and Londa. Palawa is traditional village
with its Traditional Tongkonan houses.
There are two words for
'house'. Houses in common are named banua,
while houses of relation or origin are named tongkonan
(tongkon means 'sitting'). Tongkonan
points at the place where members of a family
gather to discuss important affairs like marriage,
heiritage, to arrange things for maintanance of
the house or to attend ceremonies. A house in
which someones father, mother and other relatives
are born can be seen as the house of origin. As
well as among many other communities in western
Indonesia, the origin is decided from two
directions, by the father as well as the mother.
In this way, they don't belong to one single
house, but to several, however they don't go and
live in one of those necesarily. The size of the
group in a random house, which only meet under
rare circumstances, is hard to track down.
The road
from Makassar to Toraja runs along the coast for
about 130 km's and then hits the mountains. After
the entrance to Tana Toraja you enter a majestic
landscape with giant gray, granites and stones and
blue mountains at a distance after passing the
market village of Mebali. They form a sharp
contrast with the lively green of the fertile,
rain-fed terraces and the rusty read of the
tropical laterite soil. This is Tana Toraja, one
of the most splendid areas in Indonesia.
For
descriptive itinerary, Tour Price, flight details,
airfares,
further information and private trip arrangement,
please contact us
SALES
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Cendrawasih V 103, Makassar ( UjungPandang )
South Sulawesi, East Indonesia - 90123
Phone : + ( 62 ) 411852445
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Indonesia)
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Air-mail address : P.O.Box 1684 - Makassar, East
Indonesia
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