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Commencing from March
2005, Bali-Travel-Online.com
launches its new "Series Group Travel Plan" to several
selected destination include Komodo Island, Flores Island and
Sulawesi Island. These trips are designed based on group basis
consist of 16 - 21 group member in each departure. The trip are
open to all travelers from any citizenship age from 12 years or
older. Typically, a person under 12 years old may join this tour
program only if accompanied by a parent or responsible adult and
with the consent of the leader.
This program will
take you to Tana Toraja of South Sulawesi discover their unique
and its megalithic culture. Offering scheduled departure from Bali
fly to Makasar (Ujung Pandang) of south Sulawesi - then driving
through picturesque area of Pare - Pare, etc...
This trip is
available for any travelers except disable! we accept reservation
on a first come, first served basis. Some spots are moderate,
others are strenuous; a few spots are only for high qualified
participants. Be realistic about your physical condition and the
trip's level of difficulty.
Each group
departure will conduct by our qualified English Speaking Tour
Leader.
INTRODUCTION
ABOUT TORAJA FUNERAL CEREMONY
Employing
intricate cycles of ritual observance punctuated with marvelous
pageantry and even bloody spectacle, the Toraja devote much time
and effort to the care of their ancestors. The Toraja believe
their forebears reside in heaven and participate directly in the
welfare of the material world through their blessings. To conduct
the souls of the deceased safely into the next world, the Toraja
mount elaborate ceremonies which also serve to solidify bonds of
mutual obligation among the traditionally suspicious clan groups.
Villages can swell to many times their normal populations as
families stage enormous funerals,
often years after the loved one has passed away. In the invariably
muddy fields and pathways hundreds of chickens and pigs are
summarily dispatched, while buffalo are slaughtered with great
ceremony, young boys jostling to catch spurting blood in long
bamboo tubes. Events range from quiet prayers and solemn
processions to stirring hymn singing and exiting battles between
water buffalo, all conducted in a festival atmosphere of clan
solidarity and reunion.
For visitors, this is a magnificent show, as the ever hospitable
Toraja will make arrangements to
accommodate everyone who attends the ceremonies. Even a young
backpacker stumbling into a Torajan funeral is offered a space in
the temporary shelters erected for the occasion. The shelter set
aside for tourists is generally in a good location, behind the
closest relatives and community leaders, of course, but often far
closer to the action than shelters reserved for distant or
impoverished relations. A well-behaved foreigner is considered an
honored guest, whose arrival from a far adds cosmopolitan
element to the festival occasion
If you have any
further question about the trip and related information, please
feel free to contact our customer service department ++62 361
282694.
Travel
to see the most mystical site from the Toraja people, do the trip
with shock on the price offered, make the budget lower and go on
the real plan.
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