Toraja Machete/Parang Toraja is known as one of the traditional products communities in Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi. Toraja machete quality is very good, made ​​from steel made ​​by the craftsmen who are very resilient and obtained from generation to generation. Size and shape vary with different styles of traditional sculpture.

Machete blades engraved with a pattern typical Toraja there are plain and glossy. There is also a kind of handle made ​​of buffalo horn or carved from bamboo roots. Besides gloves or place also consists of several options, some made of black wood, bamboo slats or boards.

Production of the machete Toraja still done traditionally. Forging iron, carving and sharpener handles using sophisticated tools. Iron forging furnace, generally consists of a large boulder hollowed middle as burning container. Fire at the pump by using wind power. Despite the simple equipment, the craftsmen can produce machete machete Toraja high quality.

Traditional industry artisans machete Toraja, in general, found many outlying remote areas, although production can be found in various places in urban or souvenir shops. The craftsman Toraja Machete, is the hereditary workers passed from generation to generation.