The wall of tongkonan (Toraja house) filled with carving. The wall dominate by black colour as canvas colour and the colour of carving consists of red, yellow and white. The black colour taken from plant and the three colour red, yellow and white taken from glebe.
The carving just not a wall decoration but have meaning for every carving. The owner of tongkonan never paint they wall out of the rule of tongkonan wall. Every tongkonan have carving same with all of tongkonan in Toraja.
The meaning of the carving is a important thing. The fact that making tongkonan carving never made with new or different from the others
Try to see the picture below. The carving be sorrounded is pa'tedong. Tedong is buffalo in Toraja. Pa'tedong carving is about tedong. Tedong is an animal that have highest value in Toraja. Tedong is medium of exchange to buy land and others`
So, if the wall filled by carving, how much story be contained at tongkonan wall
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