Toraja people

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The Toraja people are an indigenous ethnic group of the mountainous regions of Sulawesi in Indonesia, renowned for their elaborate funeral rites, distinctive tongkonan houses, and rich ancestral traditions.

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Toraja people canonical 18

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
capitalOfHeartland Rantepao
colonialContactWith Dutch East Indies
continent Asia
country Indonesia
culturalRegion mountainous interior of South Sulawesi
culturalSymbol buffalo horns on tongkonan
geometric wood carvings
ethnogenesisPeriod pre-colonial era
funeraryPractice cliff graves
hanging graves
ma’nene exhumation ritual
secondary burial
stone graves
governingState Republic of Indonesia
linked to: Indonesia
knownFor buffalo sacrifices
cliff burial sites
elaborate funeral rites
rice terrace agriculture
tongkonan houses
wooden effigies called tau-tau
language Toraja language
languageFamily Austronesian languages
locatedIn South Sulawesi
Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
majorChristianDenomination Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
majorTourismAttraction funeral ceremonies
traditional villages
populationEstimate over one million
recognizedReligionCategory Hinduism (administrative category in Indonesia)
region North Toraja Regency
Tana Toraja Regency
relatedEthnicGroup Bugis people
linked to: Bugis

Makassarese people
Sa’dan Toraja
linked to: Saʼdan Toraja
religion Aluk To Dolo
Christianity
Islam
ritualAnimal pig
water buffalo
socialClass commoners
former slaves
nobility
subgroup Kalumpang Toraja
Mamasa Toraja
linked to: Toraja

Sa’dan Toraja
linked to: Saʼdan Toraja
traditionalArchitectureFeature saddleback roof
traditionalArchitectureMaterial bamboo
thatched roof
wood
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry
coffee cultivation
wet-rice cultivation
traditionalHouseType tongkonan
traditionalSocialStructure stratified society
UNESCOStatus on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List (for cultural landscape of Tana Toraja)
writingSystemUsed Latin alphabet

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West Sulawesi hasEthnicGroup Toraja people
Central Indonesia hasEthnicGroup Toraja people
Makassarese people relatedEthnicGroup Toraja people
Toraja-Saʼdan language spokenBy Toraja people
Toraja-Saʼdan language ethnicGroup Toraja people
Sulawesi region hasCulturalGroup Toraja people
Mandar people relatedEthnicGroup Toraja people
Tana Toraja Regency populationGroup Toraja people
East Luwu Regency hasEthnicGroup Toraja people
Aluk To Dolo ethnicGroup Toraja people
tongkonan usedBy Toraja people
Rambu Solo' cultureOf Toraja people
Rambu Tuka' culture Toraja people
Mori people relatedEthnicGroup Toraja people