"The practice of everyday life in Tana Toraja (South Sulawesi, Indonesia) is structured by a series of public events, of which funerals are the most important. Even after Indonesia was hit by an economic crisis in the late 1990s, thousands of extravagant funeral ceremonies, requ…
Early Indonesian textiles from three island cultures: Sumba, Toraja, Lampung ; [held at the Metropolita…
by Holmgren, Robert J., Spertus, Anita E., Metropolitan Museum of Art, Exhibition Early Indonesian Textiles from Three Island Cultures: Sumba, Toraja, Lampung, New York, NY; Washington, DC
Early Indonesian textiles from three island cultures: Sumba, Toraja, Lampung ; [held at the Metropolita…
by Holmgren, Robert J., Spertus, Anita E., Metropolitan Museum of Art, Exhibition Early Indonesian Textiles from Three Island Cultures: Sumba, Toraja, Lampung, New York, NY; Washington, DC
"Women run screaming from their village at night, leaving all their clothes behind - possessed by spirits of the wilderness, they climb up a barana' tree. It is but one of the fascinating rituals of the Toraja people described in this study." "The Toraja people live in the mount…
Religion and magic -- Headlines of the religion of the Toraja's in West Sulawesi -- Pairan, individual religious responsibility -- Stones and incantations, vestiges from the other world of the gods -- Pairan and magic, personal religion in daily life
In 'Personal Religion and Magic in Mamasa, West Sulawesi', Kees Buijs describes the traditional culture of the Toraja's, which is rapidly vanishing. The focus is on personal religion as it has its centre in the kitchen of each house. In the kitchen and also by the use of magical…
In Personal Religion and Magic in Mamasa, West Sulawesi , Kees Buijs describes the traditional culture of the Toraja's, which is rapidly vanishing. The focus is on personal religion as it has its centre in the kitchen of each house. In the kitchen and also by the use of magical …