Rantepao Things to Do, Sights, Attractions, and Activities

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Tau Tau 1 review #1 of 6 things to do in Rantepao bernard69 says: Tau tau meaning little person or humanoïd are life-size wooden effigies representing the deceased.It seems that these effigies of only high ranking dead have been made for the first time in the late 19th century showing only the deceased's gender,recently the carvers try to imitate the likeness of …

TONGKONAN,traditional torajan house 1 review #2 of 6 things to do in Rantepao bernard69 says: Tongkonan,literally a family meeting place is a house built on wooden piles topped with a massive saddleback thatched roof(today often with corrugated zinc). This roof is said to represent the horns of a buffalo,the must prized animal there and the house its head.Others say that the roof rearing up…

TEDONG,the Torajan buffalo 1 review #3 of 6 things to do in Rantepao bernard69 says: The waterbuffalo in Tana Toraja in Sulawesi,Indonesia is a symbol of prosperity.There The Torajan people like them as they do for their kids,giving them special care,spoiling and bathing their buffalos everyday,feeding them lavishly.These animals there don't work in plowing the ricefields as in othe…

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Pasar Bolu 1 review #4 of 6 things to do in Rantepao bernard69 says: Before leaving Tana Toraja,we visited Pasar Bolu(litteraly betel vine leave market)located about 2km from Rantepao center and held every six days.It consists of a classical market with vegetables,fish,clothes...but mostly an amazing cattle market where are sold hundreds of pigs and water-buffaloes t…

Rantepao, Sulawesi 1 review #5 of 6 things to do in Rantepao digitalis says: Go to the hills in Tana Toraja or Torojan Land. The architecture’s quite unusual in. You got to see huge woodened-roofs boat houses, used as rice stocks. Horns show the household’s status. Try to get with the population to see if there’s a funeral or another bigger event occurring.

Torajan Iron Working 1 review #6 of 6 things to do in Rantepao bernard69 says: Ironworking is a well-developped craft in Tana Toraja,the land of Torajan people in Sulawesi Indonesia who attribute a magical force to iron.In every village one can see at least a forge with a smith.There are also temporary forges for blacksmiths digging during months into hard rocks graves.They ha…