Rambu Solo' (feast of the dead) Versus Modern Religion

Is it true that rambu solo' (feast of the dead) in Toraja contrary with the modern religion? Is also true that the tradition is wasteful lifestyle?

Rambu solo' in Toraja have been known by world for long time ago . There are several kind of tourism object in Toraja but the most dominant is rambu solo'.

Contributing factor besides because the rambu solo' is organized with a larger scale and duration of the party that spend a few days also caused by rambu solo' is a circuit that is inseparable from the existence of a family cluster with any order that runs from generation to generation even considered part of continuity of a family of real-life family and how family interactions with other families or the environment in which the clump is located.

Perhaps there are other factors that missed but the point is that many strong reasons and facts supporting the rambu solo' continued through the time. Even the ceremonial rambu solo' should also be recognized as a factor that considerable role in the wheels of the economy within the scope of the Toraja tribal region.

Almost all the Torajan people make good breeding as the main job or as a part-time because of the results obtained are no longer in doubt. Market demand as the buffalo and pigs slaughtered animal in the rambu solo' ceremony is never diminished even when it was forced buffalo imported from other regions to the continuity of the tradition of rambu solo' ceremony. No doubt that livestock is a very promising business that is not draining and minds in the marketing stage. This is the power of signs for rambu solo' in relation to the dependence between factors other life factors that are already underway in a fairly long period of time during the existence of the Toraja itself.

Sustainability of these traditions also make sustainable Toraja culture through genealogical chain that can not be stopped just like that. Mass media not to miss preach with images that might be interesting though to some other people seem spooky. Even news of Toraja was almost identical to the cemetery and the orgy of death.

On the other hand there are some groups and communities in Toraja society itself that is not fully supported, no matter, even against it. As even this group was born with a background that shape their multi opinions .The opinions is sourced from the grounds of faith. Signs rambu solo' which was originally a religious ritual native Aluk To Dolo when viewed from the standpoint of modern religious belief will lead to mixed views as well. Not the pros and cons of a single religion with other religions, but more likely the pros and cons that occur in a religion that consists of different groups within each beda.Perbedaan views of these groups complicates the understanding that sometimes left there than stuck in a long debate .

The other group is the group that berdominsili outside the land of the Torajaland who have interacted with other cultures, so do not feel the need to engage in the business signs for solo''when in reality can not be avoided like the ancestral blood that flows within them.

In the middle of the impasse of understanding both from the standpoint of both religious and cultural point of view rambu solo' toughest test in time to see the greatness of the feast that was held was not controlled and more likely to be seen as a showcase property as a result of unfair competition. Rambu solo' which was initially opposed to the modern understanding of religion was met with a clash of religions and even the original itself as a forerunner to the emergence of rambu solo' tradition'.

Then the direction of where the actual rambu solo' find the true meaning of this finding on the sidelines the fact that real life Toraja society is sustained largely by businesses because traditional signs for solo'?

Perhaps only time will tell.