Tana Toraja is the mainstay of tourism in South Sulawesi

Tongkonan - Tanah Toraja

Just like komodo island, Indonesia Also have one ofe the famous tourism Mainstay It is Tanah Toraja. Tanah Toraja is a famous tourist attraction with its cultural richness. District that is located about 350 km north of Makassar is very popular with their customary form of house building. This custom home was named Tongkonan. The roof is made of split bamboo and arranged piles, but now many are using zinc. Tongkonan also has a corresponding degree of nobility strata strata of society such as gold, bronze, iron and brass.

Because so attached, Tanah Toraja by, the building houses these ancestral lands, as a form of tourism promotion and to attract Japanese tourists to this area, the traditional houses were built in the country "rising sun" is. The building itself is done by the Toraja and brought tourism entrepreneurs to negari sakura. Now in Japan, there have been two Tongkonan Tongkonan very similar to the original. The presence of Tongkonan always amaze people of the country because of its unique. The difference with those in Tanah Toraja is located on the roof only using bamboo.

Rambusulo- Tanah Toraja

There are many other attraction of Tanah Toraja in addition to traditional ceremonies "rambusolo" (funeral), which is famous for this. Call it baby graves in the trees Tarra, in Kampung Kambira, Sangalla District, about 20 kilometers from Rante Pao, who prepared for the body of a baby aged 0-7 years.

Although burying the baby in the tree Tarra was not repeated since the last decades, but the tree where the "bury" dead baby was still upright and much visited by tourists. On top of fruit trees like breadfruit are commonly used as a vegetable by the local population with a circle around the tree trunk 3.5 meters, saved dozens of dead babies.

Before the body is inserted into the tree trunk, the tree was first drilled and then placed into a dead baby. then, covered with a black palm tree fibers. After decades, the baby's body will blend with the tree. This is an attraction for the travelers and to Tanah Toraja society still considers sacred place like a newborn child.

grave stone - tana toraja

Placement of the baby's body on the tree is well adapted to the social strata of society. The higher the degree of social family then the higher the place the baby was buried in the Tarra trunk. In fact, infants who die is placed in the direction of the bereaved family residences. If the house is in the western part of the tree, then the child's body will be laid to the west.

To reach this amazing Tanah Toraja there domestic airlines Makassar - Toraja Land is now only once a week and wear a small aircraft with a payload of eight people, which takes 45 minutes from the airport Makassar Hasanuddin. If by land, which is quite tiring journey takes between seven and ten hours.

Interesting event in this tourist area that is the burial ceremony (solo signs) and signs tuka (shower) which is a fixed calendar every year. In addition to these events, the visitors get a close look at other interesting cultural sights such as the storage of dead bodies in the storage form of "container" giant size with a width of 3 meters and a height of 10 meters and tongkonan 600-year-old in Londa, RantePao.

Indonesian culture and traditions

Indonesian culture and traditions

Reog Ponorogo From Jawa

Indonesia has about 300 ethnic groups, each ethnic has heritage that evolved over the centuries, influenced by Indian culture, Arabic, Chinese, European, and including his own, namely the Malay culture. Examples of traditional Javanese and Balinese dances have a cultural aspect and Hindu mythology, such as Wayang Kulit featuring the stories of Ramayana and Hindu mythological events Baratayuda. Many dance that contains the values ​​of Islam. Some of them can be found in areas such as Sumatra Like Ratéb Meuseukat dance and Seudati dence in Aceh.

Culture Of Fashion In Indonesia

Batik

In the field of fashion heritage is known throughout the world of batik. Some areas are known for batik industries including Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Cirebon, Pandeglang, Garut, Tasikmalaya and Pekalongan. The other original dress Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke identifiable characteristics of the subject in every other area Among other brackets with songket clothes in West Sumatra (Minangkabau), ulos from North Sumatra (Batak), kebaya, typical fashion of Dayak in Kalimantan, Baju bodo from South Sulawesi, koteka from Papua and the others.

Architectural culture in Indoneisa

Tongkonan

Indonesian architecture reflects the diversity of culture, history, and geography that make up Indonesia completely. The invaders, colonizers, missionaries, merchants, and traders brought cultural changes with an impact on the architectural style and building. influence of foreign architecture is the most powerful is From India. However, Chinese, Arabic, and since the 19th century European influence became quite dominant.

Indonesia characteristic of ancient architecture can still be seen through the traditional houses and / or the royal palaces of each province. Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) is a miniature of Indonesia. TMII is the existing tourist sites in jakarta. TMII display the diversity of Indonesia's architecture. Some typical building of Indonesia such as Tower House, National Monument, and the Faculty of Civil Engineering Building and Planning at the Bandung Institute of Technology.

Batik is Indonesia's Cultural Heritage

Indonesia struggles to gain world recognition, to batik as an Indonesia's indigenous cultural heritage is not in vain. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will certainly strengthen the tradition of batik as one of the world's cultural heritage native to Indonesia in October in France.

As stated by the Director General of Culture Value, Arts and Film Department of Culture and Tourism, Tjetjep Suparman in Surakarta, Tuesday (2/6). "It took three years for filing," he said. Previously, puppets and dagger also has received similar recognition from UNESCO some time ago.

"The six countries that are representative of UNESCO has conducted an assessment of batik culture," said Tjetjep. After reviewing and verifying past three years, finally there is the recognition of culture as the culture of Indonesia's batik. "Its adoption on 28 September 2009 tomorrow," said Tjetjep. While the inauguration will be conducted on October 2, 2009 in France.

In addition to the current batik government also put forward some of the culture to get the same recognition, such as gamelan and angklung. "Hopefully, the process can run smoothly," he said.

Separately, Chairman of the Society Kampoeng Batik Laweyan Surakarta, Alfa Fabela particularly welcome the recognition. "We just hope the younger generation to help preserve the cultural traditions of batik," said Alfa Fabela.

He also hopes the recognition can make a batik is increasingly recognized. "As a result, exports also increased," says Alfa. Mekipun according to him, this time the focus is still mostly batik producers to work on the domestic market.

Batik is Indonesia's cultural heritage