Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Customs of Tanah Toraja

Indigenous pacara Signs Solo is ceremonial society of Tana Toraja's death (completion ceremony of death) to respect and to deliver those souls who died towards the spirit world, which is returned to immortality with their ancestors in a resting place called Puya, in southern shelter human. The Summit was called Rante Ceremony and other events such as Buffalo Adu, Adu-Foot and other Ceremony Signs Solo is also called ceremonial perfection of death, because the person who died just considered really died after all these ceremonial procession complete. If not, then the person who died was only regarded as being "sick" or "weak", so he still treated as living people, which is laid up in bed and were given food and water dishes, even always talk to.
Therefore, local people consider Ceremony Signs Solo is very important, because the perfection of this ceremony will determine the position of the deceased person's soul, whether as a ghost haunts (bombo), spirits who reach the level of god (to-membali Puang), or be patron deity (deata). Ceremony Signs Solo becomes a "duty", so that in any way the people of Tana Toraja will mengadakannnya as a form of devotion to their parents who died. Signs Solo festive ceremony is determined by the family of the deceased's social status, measured by the number of animals sacrificed. More and more buffalo are slaughtered, the higher the social status. Typically, for a noble family, the number of slaughtered buffalo tail ranged between 24-100, while the middle class citizens ranging buffaloes 8 plus 50 pigs. In the past, this ceremony can only carried out by the royal family. But along with economic development, social strata are no longer based on lineage or position, but by level of education and economic kemampanan.
Rante Ceremony The climax of the ceremony Signs Solo called Rante ceremony which was held in a "special court". In a ceremony Rante have several series of rituals, such as the process of wrapping the body (ma'tudan, mebalun), affixing ornaments of gold and silver thread in the coffin (ma'roto), decreased body to the barn to be buried (ma'popengkalo alang), pengusungan bodies and processes to the final resting place (ma'palao).
The series of ceremony is, there are also many cultural atrakasi be on view, among them: Adu buffalo (mappasilaga tedong), buffalo-buffalo to be sacrificed pitted before slaughter, and Adu feet (sisemba). The ceremony was also performed some traditional music, such as pa'pompan, pa'dali of control and unnosong; and some dances, such as pa'badong, pa'dondi, pa'randing, pa'katia, pa'papanggan, passailo and pa 'pasilaga tedong. Interestingly, buffalo slaughtered in a very unique and is a hallmark of Tana Toraja society, which cut the throat of a buffalo with a single blow. Type of slaughtered buffalo buffalo was not unusual, but buffaloes bule (tedong bonga), which are quite expensive up to 50 million perekor (2009). In addition, there are also very stunning scenery, when the procession of mourners who was driving the body toward the Puya, from a distance looked like a long red cloth stretched shawl giant among the mourners.

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