Torajan people
The Torajans are an ethnic group, indigenous to a part of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. There are about 650,000 of them around the world. 450,000 of these still live in the regency of Tana Toraja ("Land of Toraja").[1] Most of them are Christian. Others of them are Muslim or have local animist beliefs known as aluk ("the way"). The Indonesian government has recognized this animist belief as Aluk To Dolo ("Way of the Ancestors").
 Toraja traditional house, tongkonan. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 650,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi | |
| Languages | |
| Toraja-Sa'dan, Kalumpang, Mamasa, Ta'e, Talondo', and Toala'. | |
| Religion | |
| Protestant: 65.15%, Catholic: 16.97%, Islam: 5.99% and Torajan Hindu (Aluk To Dolo): 5.99%.[1] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bugis, Makassarese[2] |
Torajan People Media
Young Torajan girls welcoming guests to a wedding on the island of Sulawesy
Location of Sulawesi in Indonesia
Traditional Toraja House in Kete Kesu Village, Tana Toraja - South Sulawesi, Indonesia (2011).
Tana Toraja, Palawa, painted front of a tongkonan house, ca. 2011
A Toraja warrior from South Sulawesi holding a spear and a traditional Kanta shield.
A valuable albino buffalo near Rantepao.
Three Toradja elders in traditional warrior garment posing with Dutch Salvation Army officer, 1930.
A Torajan priest during a Toraja death feast.
Administration building in Rantepao.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Tana Toraja official website" (in indonesian). Archived from the original on 2006-05-29. Retrieved 2006-10-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Bugis and Makassere people constitute the coastal region surrounding Toraja. In fact, the term "toraja" was invented by these coastal people to refer the isolated mountainous people.
Further reading
- Parinding, Samban C. and Achjadi, Judi (1988). Toraja: Indonesia's Mountain Eden. Singapore: Time Edition. ISBN 981-204-016-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Douglas W. Hollan and Jane C. Wellenkamp (1996). The Thread of Life: Toraja Reflections on the Life Cycle. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-82481-839-3.
Other websites
- Tana Toraja official website Archived 2005-11-10 at the Wayback Machine.
- Toraja on the Net - news and commentary.
- batusura.de - A personal website containing photography and recorded music from Toraja.
- Online Toraja information.