Mamasa is West Sulawesi is a rarely visited regency in Indonesia but shares a unique culture with Toraja, however it’s a little bit different as we find out.
Join me on today’s episode where we ride on the Honda CB500x (Raven) through the island of Sulawesi and stop by in Mamasa.
We are blown away by the kindness and generosity of the local people who are keen to show us around. We visit some ancient sites and traditional villages such as Taupe and Balla Bale Banua and Balla Tedong-Tedong. I even wear some traditional clothes. We also see the women hand weaving Tenun in the traditional way.
We visit the house of the Bupati, Obednego Depparinding who died and his special coffin is awaiting burial. Which will be one of the largest funerals (Rambu solo) in mamasa regency.
The roads are terrible in mamasa and especially the road (jalan poros Torja mamasa) which is the road linking Toraja and Mamasa. It is a trans national highway but is largely unsurfaced and just big broken rocks with the lots of ruts. It’s a terrifying experience and the road is very steep.
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