MYSTERY OF THE STONE GRAVE

By Indra J Mae - November 08, 2013

Stone tomb, which is still used by people Toraja, South Sulawesi to bury their families. Place the stone tomb is at most highland areas in Batu Tumonga, North Toraja.

Large stones are more scattered in the area in Batu Tumonga made ​​as a tomb. Large stones were carved and shaped as the grave.

The cave is one of the traditional funeral Toraja tribe . One of them is in the village of Londa , there are thousands of cave tombs of darkness . If you want in, we had to bring the light . Inside the cave , dozens of coffins scattered . But some animal shapes carved coffin . This crate is called erng . Tengkrak shows scattered hundreds of years old .

 
In the village of Lemo we will see a different tradition . Here 's tomb hewn in a high rock cliff . Stone carving process took many years , the cost is very expensive . The higher the location of the hole , the higher the position of the person during life . Dozens of tau-tau statues lining the canal beside the tomb , depicting the number of bodies in the rock cliff .One of the tombs are carved on a large stone , located in the village of Bori Parinding . A large stone was carved into a rut bias measure 2x2x2 or 2x3x3 meters meters . To sculpt , it took many months , you know!Now the Toraja people who make a lot of modern tombs or patane . Patane is a grave stone that formed tongkonan or traditional house Toraja . Patane is used as a family burial place .







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