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The Torajans are an ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Their population is approximately 1,100,000, of whom 450,000 live in the regency of Tana Toraja ("Land of Toraja"). [1] Most of the population is Christian, and others are Muslim or have local animist beliefs known as aluk ("the way").
Tongkonan is the traditional ancestral house, or rumah adat, of the Torajan people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tongkonan has a distinguishing boat-shaped and oversized saddleback roof. Like most of the Indonesia's Austronesian -based traditional architecture, tongkonan is built on piles. Its construction is a laborious task, and it is usually ...
Time zone. UTC+7 ( WIB) North Toraja (or Toraja Utara) is a landlocked regency ( kabupaten) of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, and the home of the Toraja ethnic group. The local government seat is in Rantepao which is also the center of Toraja culture. Formerly this regency was the northern part of Tana Toraja Regency, but on 24 June 2008 ...
Rantepao. Rantepao is a town and the capital of North Toraja Regency, which is known for being the cultural center of the Toraja ethnic group. National and regional tourism offices have developed the city as the starting point for visiting Tana Toraja, since the area was opened for tourism in the 1970s. [1]
Tana Toraja (lit. 'Toraja Land' in Toraja language) is a landlocked regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, and home to the Toraja ethnic group. It covers an area of 2,054.30 km 2 (793.17 sq mi) and had a population of 221,081 at the 2010 census and 280,794 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 291,046 (comprising 150,655 males and 140,391 females), but the ...
Rumah Gadang ( Minangkabau: "big house") or Rumah Bagonjong "house for the Minangkabau people" ( Minangkabau: "spired roof house") are the traditional homes ( Indonesian: "rumah adat") of the Minangkabau in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The architecture, construction, internal and external decoration, and the functions of the house reflect the ...
Toraja-SaŹ¼dan language. Torajan Muslims. Categories: Ethnic groups in Indonesia. Austronesian peoples. People by ethnicity. People from Sulawesi. People from South Sulawesi. People from West Sulawesi.
The following list is based on epigraphic records, Balinese chronicles ( babad ), and data supplied by Dutch colonial sources. Monarch of Bali. Raja, Arya, Maharaja, Dalem, Dewa Agung. A merchant flag attributed to Bali, shown in European sources from the 18th century, also with six stripes [1] Last to reign. Dewa Agung Jambe II.