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Caption: T O R A J A Land of The Heavenly Kings
Caption: Tana Toraja is regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.
Tana Toraja has been divided to two regencies that consist of Tana Toraja with its capital at Makale and Toraja Utara with its capital at Rantepao.
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Caption: BATUTUMONGA
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Caption: Batutumonga is located on the slopes of Mount Sesean which is the highest mountain in Toraja.
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Caption: Batutumonga is the most beautiful place in Toraja.
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Caption: Like a tapestry on the horizon
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Caption: Bori’ Parinding Bori’ Parinding is a megalithic funeral site and burial ground.
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Caption: Kambira Baby Grave
Caption: Burry the baby in the Tree (Tarra Tree) is a symbol that the babies who have died reverted back to his mother's womb,
The placement of the baby 's body on the Tarra Tree is according to social strata community. The higher degree of the baby's family, the higher He/She will be put on the Tarra Tree. That baby is also placed in the direction of the her/his family’s residence.
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Caption: Living with Corpses
Torajan people keep the bodies of their relatives to "live" at home with them, sometimes for years after their deaths.
Providing corpses with their own room of the tongkonan, the traditional Torajan house.
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Caption: Lo’ko Mata Huge Stone Burial
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Caption: Londa The Burial Cave
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Caption: ‘Romeo & Juliet’
Caption: Tongkonan Traditional House of Torajan
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Caption: Tongkonan is the traditional ancestral house,
They stand high on wooden piles, topped with a layered split-bamboo roof shaped in a sweeping curved arc, and they are incised with red, black, and yellow detailed wood carvings on the exterior walls. The word "tongkonan" comes from the Torajan tongkon ("to sit").
Tongkonan - Wikipedia
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Caption: Torajan’s Carve Wood
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Caption: Land of The Heavenly Kings
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