Alang

Alang Toraya (Toraja Granary)

Sit on this place, see the paddy field, mount and feel the wind blowing. So fresh, caused by Toraja is a cool natural.This is granary. In Bahasa Indonesia said "lumbung padi" and in Toraja said "alang". Alang just not to save paddy, but at the bottom look like on the picture,  alang is a place to relax like a gazebo. 

More, alang also a complement of tongkonan building. Alang is smaller building similar with tongkonan building that standing in the yard of tongkonan.

If one time, the big family of tongkonan organize an event in tongkonan, alang be VIP room for a laeader and/or people that have first casta can sit on alang. So, people can see and know who is sitting there.

alang - lumbung Toraja - Toraja granary

This alang using roof with bamboo but use cover by zinc material. The origin alang not use modern material. The origin alang just use bamboo for roof and wood for body of alang. Not use nail and iron.

Alang Toraja - lumbung padi -Toraja Granary

This is alang see from south. Appear the little door like a window. Same like tongkonan building alang also standing with the body extend froam north to south.

Alang Toraja - lumbung padi -Toraja Granary

This is the attic of alang

Story of Tongkonan Wall

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