Tana Toraja is with its cultural wealth of the well-known tourist attractions. Area is located about 350 kilometers Makassar is very satisfied with the form of popular building habits. A traditional house is called Tongkonan. The roof or from the Nipah palm leaves, can survive up to 50 years. Tongkonan still there, such as gold, copper, iron, copper and aristocratic class, in accordance with an undergraduate degree.

In addition to single signing ceremony (cemetery), which is the famous Tana Toraja. There is also a baby in a Kampong Kambira Tarra, Sangalla area, about 20 kilometers from the rantepao infants aged 0 to prepare the body – 7 years, a serious tree.

While the baby was not buried in the Tarra implemented over the past few decades the tree, but trees which “bury” the baby’s body is still upright, often visitors. Tarra fruit trees, with similar to the ordinary bread, with the surrounding tree trunks 3.5 m, saving dozens of infant mortality cycles of local residents vegetables.

Before the body is inserted into the tree, the tree the first time, drilling, and then a dead child, and then into fiber and black palm trees cover. A few decades later, the baby’s body will be merged tree. This is attractive to tourists and people still think that as long as the newborn Tana Tuo Rajat sacred places.

Tree placement is also a baby’s body to adapt to the social sectors of society. The higher the socio-economic families with higher levels where the baby buried in the Tarra trunk. In fact, the infant who is placed in the direction of death, the bereaved family life. If your house is in the tree, and then the child’s body will be placed in the western region in the west.

Interesting events in this tourist area that is the burial ceremony (flag solo) and the logo, picture cards (shower) This is a fixed annual calendar. In addition to these activities, visitors can see closer, such as the reservoir storage-type “container” large-scale width and 3 meters high and 10 meters tongkonan 600 dead bodies interesting cultural attractions-year-old Rhonda, rantepao old. Since Singapore is located closely to Indonesia, you can Car Hire Singapore and round the island in a day.

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