Torajan people
Indonesian ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi
The Torajans are an ethnic group, indigenous to a part of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. There are about 650,000 of them around the world. 450,000 of these still live in the regency of Tana Toraja ("Land of Toraja").[1] Most of them are Christian. Others of them are Muslim or have local animist beliefs known as aluk ("the way"). The Indonesian government has recognized this animist belief as Aluk To Dolo ("Way of the Ancestors").
![]() Toraja traditional house, tongkonan. | |
Total population | |
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650,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi | |
Languages | |
Toraja-Sa'dan, Kalumpang, Mamasa, Ta'e, Talondo', and Toala'. | |
Religion | |
Protestant: 65.15%, Catholic: 16.97%, Islam: 5.99% and Torajan Hindu (Aluk To Dolo): 5.99%.[1] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Bugis, Makassarese[2] |
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References
Further reading
- Parinding, Samban C. and Achjadi, Judi (1988). Toraja: Indonesia's Mountain Eden. Singapore: Time Edition. ISBN 981-204-016-1.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Douglas W. Hollan and Jane C. Wellenkamp (1996). The Thread of Life: Toraja Reflections on the Life Cycle. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-82481-839-3.
Other websites
- Tana Toraja official website Archived 2005-11-10 at the Wayback Machine.
- Toraja on the Net - news and commentary.
- batusura.de - A personal website containing photography and recorded music from Toraja.
- Online Toraja information.
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