After a wondrous journey that moves you through interchanging sights of stunning granite cliffs, lofty mountain and vast sea, you will arrive in Toraja .
On this land, old ways live on. The inevitable stream of modernization and globalization does not diminish traditional values. Instead , new ideas like Christianity sychronizes harmoniously with local customs, making Toraja is the only place on modern earth with living megalithic culture.
Enveloped by magnificent natural landscape , Toraja is a life changing experience waiting to be explored.Split into 2 regions - Tana Toraja and Toraja Utara - 32 cultural villages stand in unison.
Alongside their rich culture and traditions, Toraja also treausres abundant myths about the origin of its name. Buginese called the scared highlands " To Riaja " or a place where northern people lived
( " to" means people, while " Riaja" means north)
People of Luwu Kingdom had their own way of naming , referring a it to " To Rajang" or a place where the southerners lived. On the edge of the southern peninsula, people heard stories about a royal descendant knowns as Puang Lakipadada who came to Gowa Kingdom in 13th century to find eternal life. Gowanese called him " Tau Raya" or the man from the east, thus the place was also known as " tana Tau Raya" ( Tana means land , Tau means man" and Raya means east) . Coming from various origins, the legends presumably lead to the name " Toraja" as we know now.
On this land, old ways live on. The inevitable stream of modernization and globalization does not diminish traditional values. Instead , new ideas like Christianity sychronizes harmoniously with local customs, making Toraja is the only place on modern earth with living megalithic culture.
Enveloped by magnificent natural landscape , Toraja is a life changing experience waiting to be explored.Split into 2 regions - Tana Toraja and Toraja Utara - 32 cultural villages stand in unison.
Alongside their rich culture and traditions, Toraja also treausres abundant myths about the origin of its name. Buginese called the scared highlands " To Riaja " or a place where northern people lived
( " to" means people, while " Riaja" means north)
People of Luwu Kingdom had their own way of naming , referring a it to " To Rajang" or a place where the southerners lived. On the edge of the southern peninsula, people heard stories about a royal descendant knowns as Puang Lakipadada who came to Gowa Kingdom in 13th century to find eternal life. Gowanese called him " Tau Raya" or the man from the east, thus the place was also known as " tana Tau Raya" ( Tana means land , Tau means man" and Raya means east) . Coming from various origins, the legends presumably lead to the name " Toraja" as we know now.
