Toraja people
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| Toraja |
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| 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'. |
| Religions |
| Protestant: 65.15%, Catholic: 16.97%, Islam: 5.99% and Torajan Hindu (Aluk To Dolo): 5.99%.[1] |
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The Toraja 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").
References [change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Tana Toraja official website" (in Indonesian). http://www.toraja.go.id/sosial.php. Retrieved 2006-10-04.
Further reading [change]
- Parinding, Samban C. and Achjadi, Judi (1988). Toraja: Indonesia's Mountain Eden. Singapore: Time Edition. ISBN 981-204-016-1.
- 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 [change]
- Tana Toraja official website.
- Toraja on the Net - news and commentary.
- batusura.de - A personal website containing photography and recorded music from Toraja.
- Online Toraja information.
