Tana Toraja tourist guide destination.

Tana Toraja Toraja or is one of the beautiful region of South Sulawesi, let alone in Indonesia. From a distance you see the top of the hill jagget extends from side to side on the slopes of the mountains. In addition, you can grow beautiful valleys of palms, bamboo and sugar and traditional houses with curved roof among the rice fields and, of course, beautifully sculpted and expertly colored by the people of Toraja.Before Ducth to power in the highlands was the 20th Century, there was no word from the name of their religion, with the exception of the word "Aluk" means "the way" the rituals and activities of daily life, which checks to see how to build a house, cooking the rice, the children and the head of Vila, and the number of buffaloes and pigs must be slaughtered in any ritual greetings are. The most prestigious ceremony in Tana Toraja is the ceremony of death.More than half of the people of Toraja are Christian, but I'm proud of the cultural heritage and defend og. This ritual can be seen as a welcome guest.
The Toraja people had no idea of themselves as distinct ethnic group before 20 century. Before the Dutch colonization and Christianization Toraja who lived in the highlands, identified themselves with their people and do not share a broad sense of identity. Despite the complex rituals that establish the connections between the peoples of the highlands, there were differences in dialects, differences in the social hierarchy and a set of ritual practices in the highlands of Sulawesi. "Toraja" (the languages of the coast, which means village, and RIAJ, Highlands) was used as an expression of the plains of the interior.As a result, "Toraja" initially was more foreign than the Bugis and Makassarese representing most of the plains of insider Sulawesi. The presence of Dutch missionaries in the highlands has led to ethnic consciousness in the region Toraja Toraja Sa'd, and this common identity has grown with the advent of tourism in Tana Toraja Regency. Since then, South Sulawesi has four main ethnic groups in Bugis (most among shipyards and sailors), the Makassarese (lowland traders and seafarers), the Mandarese (traders and fishermen) and Toraja (producers of rice mountain) .