Ma'nene
Toraja tribe is a tribe that settled in the mountains of northern part of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its population is estimated to be about 1 million people, with 500,000 to live in Tana Toraja District, North Toraja District, and Mamasa Regency. Who would have thought in the Toraja hinterland there is a unique tradition as well as for people who first know it, very much that held by the Toraja people remain inherent in their lives. The Torajan people live with the dead, that's what can be said to discuss this video. The Toraja people are mostly Christian, but they still stick to their customary and ancestral values. Toraja culture cannot escape from death. They teach their offspring, that the dead are worthy of being treated so well. That's why, the funeral becomes a very expensive ritual for Toraja people. When burial is not done immediately because of the cost, it will be delayed for several month’s sometimes even years before the funeral takes place. The body of the dead man is kept in a special house until the right time and the availability of funds. The body will sleep in a colorful tray. Relatives talk to the bodies, offer them food and drink, and involve them in family gatherings, as if they are still alive.
Once enough family members can attend and money is available to pay for the sacrifice of buffalo and pig, a funeral ceremony, known as 'Rambu Solo', is held. The whole village is usually invited to the party and celebrates communal ties. Coffins painted in bright red and ochres, filled with clothing and personal items. The body will be buried in a mountainous area, on a Monolithic rock hill and lined up. The stones can be as tall as a three-story building and each tomb can take between three and six months to engrave. Or the corpse buried in the grave of Patane, where the corpse will be placed in a grave shaped like Tongkonan's house. c. Ma'nene's activities are usually performed between July and September. While the ceremony of life was held during the planting season in October. This procession is also done as a form so that the ancestors can bless the harvests, and their ancestors here are leaders from the village whose event is led by the tribal chief in the local village. To open the place from the previous ancestor the chief of the so-called Ne'Tomina Lumba read a prayer with Toraja language with the intention to ask for permission and protection, so that people get an abundant harvest in the future. Activity Ma'Nene also Procession replace the clothes of the ancestors did not take a long time only about 30 minutes and after that the activity continued by eating with the ancestral family. Substitution of clothes for the bodies of ancestors as reported is the entire body of the corpse cleaned by using brush. After that, the body was then dressed in new clothes. For the corpse of men wearing a suit complete with tie or glasses. Toraja also believes that if the custom is violated, then the disaster will befall the whole village. The disaster that comes can either be a crop failure or there is a family member who is sick prolonged and suffering. Ma 'nene ceremony is one of indigenous traditions of indigenous Toraja tribe that is practically unique. Ma'nene rituals are also often interpreted as the glue of kinship among the community, Ma Nene Ritual is a family reunion. They will gather, visit the tombs and stories every day to do Ma'nene arrive. This custom is actually not written, but always obeyed by every citizen of Toraja tribe.


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