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Sunday, February 7, 2010

Stone Mountains in Toraja

Toraja region consist of stone mountain, hill, garden, village, traditional market, little cities and the others land.
Enter to Toraja by bus along the street we'll trace hill in Mengkendek, south part of Toraja. In the right and left side we'll see the the stone mountains until down to Makale city where also protected by the stone mountain.
What's interesting there is we'll see the grave stone. So far and so high Torajanesse burial their family. Make hole on the stone wall or use the natural hole. Majority of them be laid to rest in 'liang' and 'patani'.
Liang is the grave hole and patani is like the mini house to put body . On one liang or patani consist one big family.
Torajanesse acknowledge that the mountain like the high wall that protect from enemy in the past. Moreover there a Torajan song, Sarira Parerung. Sarira is a name of a mountain that stand like a wall. Parerung in Torajan language means make an object hide. One side hide to other side.

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