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		Tana Toraja berasal dari kata To Riajah yang berarti masyarakat yang bertempat tinggal di daerah pegunungan, karena memang kabupaten Tana Toraja letaknya kurang lebih 300 — 600 meter di atas permukaan laut.
		Walaupun Tana Toraja hanyalah suatu daerah yang cukup kecil,namun budaya Toraja adalah bahagian kekayaan Indonesia dimana budaya dan ke indahan alam yang sangat menarik sehingga menarik wisatawan baik dari dalam maupun dari luar negri.
		Bagi masyarakat Toraja untuk menjamu tamu, suguhan yang pertama adalah sirih pinang yang akan melambangkan bahwa tamu yang datang telah di terima dalam lingkungan keakraban keluarga.
	www.geocities.com /torajadans/index1.html (501 words)

	Tana on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Tana River forests, Kenya: small, dynamic, and endangered.
		Tana Umaga contre l'Afrique du sud, en août 2000 Les sélectionneurs ont rappelé le trois-quart centre Tana Umaga dans l'éq.
		Le joueur néo-zélandais Tana Umaga est plaqué par le numéro 8 sud-africain Bobby Skinstad La Nouvelle-Zélande a fait un gr.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/TanaL1k.asp (565 words)

	Toraja Land - About Tana Toraja (Toraja Land) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Toraja is a name of Bugis origin given to the different peoples of the mountainous regions of the northern part of the south peninsula, which have remained isolated until quite recently Their native religion is megalithic and animistic, and is characterized by animal sacrifices, ostentatious funeral rites and huge communal feasts.
		The majority of the carvings on Toraja houses and granaries signify prosperity and fertility, and the motifs used are those important to the owner's family.
		As a general rule, in the larger settlements of Tana Toraja the houses are arranged in a row, side by side, with their front gables facing north.
	www.toraja-info.com /about.html (2057 words)

	Obyek Wisata di daerah Tana Toraja, Sulawesi Selatan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Di sepanjang perjalanan menuju TATOR (singkatan dari Tana Toraja), banyak bukit-bukit yang bergerigi dari pengunungan yang berjejer di utara sampai di kejauhan yang bening Menembus celah bambu dan pohon aren yang pipih diatas bukit kecil di tengah sawah.
		Keunikan atap rumah Toraja yang melengkung dengan khas berdiri mendemonstrasikan kecakapan yang mengagumkan dari orang Toraja dalam keahlian mengukir dengan warna lukisan yang alami.
		Objek wisata ini sangat menarik, oleh karena memiliki suatu kompleks perumahan adat Toraja yang masih asli, yang terdiri dari beberapa Tongkonan, lengkap dengan Alang Sura' (lumbung padinya).
	www.nelltours.com /main/obyekwisatatoraja.html (3032 words)

	Tana Toraja South Sulawesi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Tana Toraja (Toraja Land), is known for its unique culture and ancient traditions.
		The entry to Tana Toraja is marked by a gate built in traditional boat-shaped architecture.
		The graves in Tana Toraja are made in huge rocks because of their strength and relative safety from animals and thieves.
	www.sulawesi.travellingtoindonesia.com /toraja.htm (591 words)

	Tana Toraja - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Tana Toraja (the land of Toraja) is a region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
		Although some of the population is christianized, or subscribe to the Muslim faith, at least on the surface, they maintain many animist traditions, especially their funerary rites, which featuring the slaughter of buffalo, a sacred animal and pigs, a sign of wealth.
		The Sa'dan Toraja claimed their religion, Aluk To Dolo, as part of the Hindu religion in order to defend themselves against the conversion to christainity.
	www.iridis.com /Tana_Toraja (113 words)

	Indonesian Religions
		The Toraja believe that the universe originates from the marriage of heaven and earth.
		Sacrificial animals can be identified with the dead, such as the water buffalo of the Toraja.
		Bigalke, Terance Williams, A Social History of Tana Toraja 1875-1965 Ann Arbor 1981.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/indon/geness.html (1873 words)

	Tana Toraja dari Atas Sadel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sebagai daerah wisata budaya, Tana Toraja tak habis-habisnya dikagumi.
		Kete'kessu, selain terkenal dengan ukiran khas Toraja dan cindera mata yang dijual, juga memiliki banyak tongkonan (rumah adat) dengan lumbung padi di depannya, terpisahkan oleh tanah lapang.
		Kami jadi tersadar, betapa elok panorama alam Toraja.
	www.indomedia.com /Intisari/1998/desember/toraja.htm (2166 words)

	Indahnesia.com - Sulawesi: Trip to Tana Toraja - Discover Indonesia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Tana Toraja was near now, the highest mountains were nowhere to be seen anymore because we were right between them.
		Most of the people entering Tana Toraja for more than one day, those are generally only tourists, will probably stay in Makale, which is (much) bigger than Rantepao, which is the capital of Tana Toraja.
		Tana Toraja is green, quiet, friendly, sometimes wet, so there will be quite some stuff for me to explore.
	indahnesia.com /DB/Story/Item.php?code=20041113 (1429 words)

	Indahnesia.com - Tana Toraja struggles to remain a tourist magnet - Discover Indonesia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is interesting indeed, to visit Tana Toraja and learn of its unique culture, where its ritual of the dead is a focal point of interest.
		Hetty Nooy-Palm, a cultural anthropologist from the University of Amsterdam whose paper on Tana Toraja is published in Indonesis in Focus", also mentioned about the lost of these funeral effigies in Tana Toraja.
		Probably the present quiet time in Tana Toraja is the best period for all of its share-holders to equip themselves for their future in tourism, should they are interested enough in that.
	indahnesia.com /DB/Story/Item.php?code=20020526 (1011 words)

	Tana Toraja Package Tour from Bali Island.
		The name of Toraja is derived from Bugis word "toriaja" meaning men of the mountain.
		The people of Toraja believe you can take possessions with you and the dead generally go well equipped to their graves.
		Since this led to grave plundering, the Toraja started to hide their dead in caves or hew riches out of rock faces.
	bali-hotels-budget.com /beyondbali/toraja.htm (453 words)

	Travel Toraja South Sulawesi - Highland Cultural Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		With majestic panoramas, captivating villages and dramatic ceremonies, Tana Toraja is the undisputed highlight of any journey to Sulawesi.
		The essence of the Toraja beliefs and way of life can be experienced without undue effort, as many interesting sites are clustered around the town of Rantepao, easily accessible by road.
		Toraja Land whose ancestor oriented group believes that their forefathers descended from heaven onto a mountain some twenty generations ago.
	www.adventureindonesia.com /toraja-welcome.htm (195 words)

	A VIRTUAL TOUR THROUGH TANA TORAJA - TUMAKKE
		To the Toraja people, however, it is an economic alternative to the laborious and more expensive roofs made of natural materials.
		The roof of this tongkonan papa batu (Toraja language for 'stone roof') is made of stone that was quarried out of rocks.
		People inside and outside of Toraja have been raising funds for the restoration of Tongkonan Papa Batu, and were so successful that a completely restored tongkonan could be inaugurated during a ceremony according to the old animist "Aluk To Dolo" rites in the year 2003.
	mipagina.americaonline.com.ar /batusura/myhomepage/viajes.html (561 words)

	Tana Toraja: A Social History of an Indonesian People (Select Books)
		Tana Toraja is a highland region in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi, best known today for its exquisite Arabica coffee and as an exotic destination.
		Toraja is a place, but more importantly a people who have been shaped by location, and by selective absorption of and resistance to cultural forces from the Islamic lowlands.
		This ambitious, multifaceted study traces the history of Tana Toraja, from 1870 (40 years before the Dutch took control of the highlands) to the 1990s.
	www.selectbooks.com.sg /titles/37154.htm (231 words)

	TANA TORAJA
		Tana Toraja has a blended culture and natural beauty with fascinating ritual attractions.
		There are two kinds of ceremony in Toraja land, namely mourning ceremony and thanksgiving ceremony.
		It seems to be interesting experience for someone to have a trip with a local boat along this river after having a long exhausting drive.
	members.tripod.com /kadinss/toraja.htm (279 words)

	Bayu Buana Domestic Tour:Tana Toraja Tour
		Upon arrival you will be met by our representative and directly transfer to Tana Toraja, which is 9 hours trip.
		Tana Toraja Tour you will visit cliff tombs at LEMO.
		After lunch visiting the family compound with typical Toraja houses at SIGUNTU, burial caves at LONDA and then proceeds on to PALAWA and MARANTE Village.
	www.buanatour.co.id /tour/domitin/PWN/BInggris/tana_toraja_tour_04_hari.htm (168 words)

	Australian Journal of Anthropology, The: Playing the Stockmarket in Tana Toraja (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This paper describes the players and the play in a weekly stockmarket in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, where up to 600 buffalo bulls are bought and sold for exorbitant prices by any standards.
		They derived from the Upperworld and accompanied the ancestors of the Toraja nobility to this world and were replenished through the ritual of the ways of the ancestors.
		In the tourist shops of Toraja heirlooms fetch high prices as objets d'art, and land too is sometimes sold for government projects or tourist developments.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2472/is_1_11/ai_61640707 (1360 words)

	viaje a Indonesia para ver la isla de Sulawesi (cilebes)l Tana Toraja (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Day 01: Upon arrival at airport in Ujung Pandang, meeting service and then transfers to Toraja by Air -conditioned private mini bus - car to take a drive - trip to Toraja land with approximately 08 hours, across the Bugis village with their typical houses, on poles along the magnificent mountains passes.
		Day 02: After breakfast at Hotel, full day exploring Toraja land, visiting the cliff-side, stone grave with wooden effigies on the balcony at Elmo, the royal family tombs at Suaya, the baby grave in the huge tree at Kambira and cultural performance at Sangalla.
		leaving Toraja for Ujung Pandang, lunch is served at local Restaurant in Pare-pare, arriving in Ujung Pandang directly to airport to catch the on ward flight.
	www.lumbungbalitours.com /latino/excursiones/tana_toraja.html (521 words)

	Torajan Funeral, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia
		Whatever the sights, there's no doubt that the highlight of a trip to Tana Toraja, the area of central Sulawesi whose capital is Rantepao, is to visit a funeral.
		In Tana Toraja they wear fl, but that's where the mourning ends: the second funeral is a celebration of the person's life, of him or her making the step into the next world, where those left on earth make sure they send all the help they can to the person's spirit.
		But in Tana Toraja death has less of a sting, and there was no reaction at all.
	www.2camels.com /destination91.php3 (1930 words)

	Article - Unique funeral traditions of Tana Toraja
		Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi has a unique funeral tradition, with ceremonies reflecting a blend of grief and wealth.
		When a Torajan dies in Toraja land, family members of the deceased are required to hold a series of funeral ceremonies that usually last for several days before the deceased is brought to a funeral site for burial.
		The family of the deceased should provide tens of buffaloes and pigs for the ceremony.
	www.indo.com /featured_article/tana_toraja.html (423 words)

	EAST INDONESIA : SOUTH SULAWESI - TANA TORAJA STOP OVER, TORAJA EXPERIENCE
		Tana Toraja (Toraja Land), a unique mountain are in the northern part of South Sulawesi, is one of the places in Indonesia which leaves a lingering im pression on the traveller's mind long after they have returned home.
		This unique culture, the scenic beauty, lovely climate and gentle people are the main reasons for Toraja to gain prominence as a tourist destination in spite of its distance from any major airport and the long journey that has to be made.
		A short trip to TORAJA which will give you an exciting experience.
	www.eastindonesia.com /tour/toraja.html (393 words)

	A VIRTUAL TOUR THROUGH TANA TORAJA - PANGALLA
		to Baruppu at the northwestern perimeter of Tana Toraja.
		Also in Pangalla is a huge monument and tomb of Pongtiku (or Pong Tiku), a local headman, coffee and slave trader who fought the Dutch troops coming from the north in 1905.
		He lost and two years later Toraja (as it is called today) fell under the rule of the Dutch East Indies Government.
	mipagina.americaonline.com.ar /batusura/myhomepage/fotos.html (195 words)

	Indo Sella Expeditions rafting kayaking tour Tana Toraja south sulawesi Indonesia
		For the overnight trip, we still stay in traditional houses, base capm coffee-plantation, or with tents Day 3 Toraja Culture Tour A full day tour is waiting for you after breakfast.
		Then down to Nanggala Penanian to see the typical family Toraja houses (a village belongs to one big falmily) Day 5 Leave for the air port of Makassar for your next destination flight.
		Arrive at Hasanuddin airport in Makassar, then depart to Toraja (328 km - approximately 7 hours) journey takes you across the Bugis villages with their typical houses on poles, and along the magnificent mountain pass.
	www.sellatours.com (620 words)

	Directory of Toraja Sites
		Toraja on the Net by Pong Sean from Desa Gandang Batu (where villagers have never heard his name!)
		Kelembagaan masyarakat adat desa di Tana Toraja - Sulawesi Selatan (Den Upa Rombelayuk)
		Vida i mort a Tana Toraja (Jordi Llorens i Estapé, Informàtica Hospitals Vall d'Hebron)
	www.batusura.de /directory.htm (522 words)

	KPU Tana Toraja Digugat Tokoh Masyarakat - Selasa, 14 Juni 2005
		KPU Tana Toraja, kata Elyas, telah menetapkan pasangan Amping Situru dan Palino Popang sebagai salah satu pasangan kandidat dalam pilkada Tana Toraja pada 27 Juni.
		Demikian juga pencalonan oleh Partai Persatuan Daerah tidak dilakukan pengurus DPC Partai Persatuan Daerah Tana Toraja yang sebenarnya.
		KPU Tana Toraja membantah tidak pernah melakukan konfirmasi.
	www.kompas.com /kompas-cetak/0506/14/Pilkada/1817074.htm (361 words)

	Batravco - Tana Toraja
		The Toraja way of life is interesting, the way of death is a fascinating mix of ritual custom and spectacle.
		For the Toraja, the dead are as much a part of society as the living.
		While the valley between Rantepao and Makale provides a glimpse of Toraja life, the real Toraja lies in the surrounding mountains, accessible only on foot.
	www.batravco.com /leisurepass_balibeyond_amazingtanatoraja.html (309 words)

	Toraja Tours
		Morning arrival at Hasanuddin Airport, directly depart to Tana Toraja which takes about 8 hours by bus passing through the Buginese area with their distinctive stilt houses through magnificent scenery and mountain.
		After lunch check in Hotel(L,D) After breakfast,, directly depart to Tana Toraja which takes about 8 hours drive passing the Bugineses village with their distinctive stilt houses through magnificent scenery and mountain.
		Check in hotel(B,L,D) After breakfast at hotel, fullday tour visiting the fascinating village of Tana Toraja with their unique Tongkonan Houses which shape is like a ship with bow and stern.
	www.alliance-indonesia.com /beyondbali/sulawesi/toraja_tours.htm (651 words)

	Toraja - South Sulawesi Package Tours
		Fullday excursion in Tana Toraja includes visits Lemo where we will find rows of tau-tau and the hanging graves.
		Lunch will be served at a local restaurant or at your hotel in Tana Toraja.
		We leave the populated area of Tana Toraja to visit outlying villages.
	www.floressa-bali.com /tour-catalog/toraja.html (769 words)

	toraja package tour, SOUTH SULAWESI - Alvin tours and travel
		Full two days tour excursion around Tana Toraja to see stone graves, kings graves, erong wooden coffin and statues, baby graves on a big tree, there are Torajanese house whose roofs from one side look like buffaloes horn, megalithic stones, some typical Toraja village and other interesting sites
		Upon arrival at Hasanuddin Airport you will be welcomed by our professional tour guide and transfer directly to Bira where you will enjoy your time in front of beautiful panorama of white sandy beach, dinner and spend a night at you hotel.
		Full two days tour excursion around Tana Toraja to see stone graves, kings graves, erong wooden coffin and statues, baby graves on a big tree, there are torajanese house whose roofs from one side look like buffaloes horn, megalithic stones, some typical village and other interesting sites.
	www.alvintoursindonesia.com /main/toraja-package-tour.php (903 words)

	BA'LELE, TANA TORAJA, INDONESIA
		Ba'lele lies on the west bank of the Sadan river just opposite of Rantepao, the center of tourism in Torajaland.
		It has all the features of the well-known traditional Toraja villages, though on a smaller scale - there are (inhabited!) traditional houses (tongkonan) with associated rice barns (lumbung), there's a small ceremonial field (rante) hidden between the trees, and there are rock graves (liang) with effigies (tau-tau) and man-made tombs (patane) in the rocks.
		Yet, no tourist ever visits this place that has no souvenir shops and ticket offices, and many guides don't even know that this village exists.
	hometown.aol.com.au /__121b_e0V0pnMFS9p2lY1V66QR5jH5iUdxaq2F/F8tG9I3JHs= (99 words)

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