Ma 'Nene' Unique Ritual Of Toraja

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Typical traditional Toraja Ritual of the most famous is the Sulo signs. Signs Solo 'became one tourist attraction to the area. In addition to signs Sulo 'is, in fact there is a rare traditional rituals in Toraja, namely Ma' Nene '. Ceremony Ma 'Nene' is one of the activities of traditional rituals in Toraja, particularly in Baruppu, Rinding Allo North Toraja. Ceremony Ma 'grandmother intended to replace the late clothing, as the embodiment of love surviving family.

Typically, Ma 'Nene' held every August. When Ma 'Nene' progress, the coffins of the fathers, leaders and parents, kicked out of the tombs and stone canal and placed in the arena ceremony. There, relatives and the relatives had gathered. Slowly, they issued a body (whether that is still intact and living skeletons) and replace the clothes that inherent in the body of the corpse with a baru.Mereka treat the corpse as if it were alive and remain a part of a large family.


Ritual Ma 'Nene' by society Baruppu regarded as a manifestation of their love of the patriarchs, leaders and relatives who had died. They remain hopeful, ancestral spirits to keep them from malicious interference, pest plants, also unlucky life.

From which the origins of ritual Ma 'Nene' in Baruppu? Hereditary story mentions, in ancient times lies the beast a hunter named Pong Rumasek. While hunting in the mountainous forest areas Balla, instead found a wild animal, he instead discovered the body of someone who has long passed away. The body was lying under the trees, abandoned, living bones. Feeling pity, Pong Rumasek then take care of the corpse can. The bones were wrapped with clothes he wore, and then placed in the area is roomy and worth. After that, Pong Rumasek continue the hunt. No warning, since the incident, each time Pong Rumasek hunt, he always get great results. Animals were herded into the forest seemed to him. Not only that, when he got home, Pong Rumasek found in rice fields had been yellowed, pithy and ready to harvest prematurely. Pong Rumasek regard, all his fortune was earned thanks to the compassion he showed when treating nameless bodies found during the hunt. Since then, Pong Baruppu Rumasek and society glorify the bodies of the ancestors, and relatives with a ceremonial figure Ma 'Nene'.

In the ritual Ma 'Nene' there is also an unwritten rule that binds citizens. For example, if a wife or husband dies, the widowed spouse must not remarry before holding Ma 'Nene' for him. When Ma 'Nene' was held, the nomads of origin Baruppu scattered all over the country who will return home to honor his ancestors. Residents Baruppu believe, if Ma 'Nene' is not held then the ancestors will also be spared to keep them. Disaster will hit, the disease will befall the people, rice fields and rice will not produce a pithy and fertile plants.

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