The Sa’dan-Toraja: A Study of Their Social Life and Religion

The Sa’dan-Toraja: A Study of Their Social Life and Religion
Author: H. Nooy-Palm
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2021-12-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004487751

Until about 1870 the Sa’dan-toraja of Sulawesi had little contact with the outside world. Several factors, of which the introduction of the coffee-growing and the coffee trade was chronologically one of the first, have changed their life as a megalithic people enmeshed in mythology and ritual drastically. The conversion of nearly half the population to Christianity after 1945 brought a particularly profound change in Sa’dan-Toraja society. Old customs, in particular as regards funerary rites, have a tenacious life, however. In autochthonous Toraja culture rituals are the main focus of attention. They are divided into ceremonies of the East and those of the West. The former, associated with sunrise and life, comprise feasts of the living; yellow and white are the colours belonging to these joyous festivals. The West is associated with sunset, death and darkness; the main colour connected with it is black. So death rituals are referred to a “night ceremonies”. In time these death feasts grew more and more complicated, finally overshadowing the festivals of the East.

The Sa’dan-Toraja

The Sa’dan-Toraja
Author: Hetty Nooy-Palm
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1981-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789024722747

The Sa'dan-Toraja

The Sa'dan-Toraja
Author: Hetty Nooy-Palm
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2014-10-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004287183

The Sa’dan-Toraja

The Sa’dan-Toraja
Author: Hetty Nooy-Palm
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2014-11-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 9401771502

The present volume consists of two parts, Part I dealing with the natural surroundings and the social and territorial organization of the Sa'dan-Toraja, Part 11 with religious notions, natural and material symbols, and priestly organization. Volume 11, which will hopefully appear in due time, will contain a description of Sa'dan-Toraja rituals, those associated with the East in Part 111, and those with the West in Part IV.

Feasts of Honor

Feasts of Honor
Author: Toby Alice Volkman
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1985
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780252011832

Among the Toraja of highland Sulawesi, Indonesia, mortuary rituals are great performances. Bellowing water buffalo and squealing pigs for sacrifice, colorful displays of ritual architecture, and formal processions of gift-bearing guests set the scene for complex dramas about status, human value, and ties to ancestors, followers, and kin. To Indonesians throughout the archipelago, Toraja rituals have come to represent the cultural identity of this well-known group. Feasts of Honor is an exploration of these rituals, their changing meanings, and the lively dialogues they have sparked within Toraja culture, from the Dutch Colonial period to the recent era of nationalism, tourism, and migration.

Contemporary Funeral Rituals of Sa'dan Toraja

Contemporary Funeral Rituals of Sa'dan Toraja
Author: Michaela Budiman
Publisher: Karolinum Press
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 8024622289

Kniha s názvem Contemporary Funeral Rituals of Sa'dan Toraja; From Aluk Todolo to "New" Religions pojednává o etniku Toradžů, jež obývá provincie Tana Toraja a Toraja Utara v jižní části indonéského ostrova Sulawesi. Práce se zabývá jejich kulturou a soustředí se na nejvýznamnější soudobý toradžský rituál – pohřeb. Její jádro je rozděleno do dvou kapitol – první z nich představuje etnikum Toradžů a důležité aspekty jejich kultury, druhá kapitola je založena především na výsledcích terénního výzkumu autorky. Zabývá se tím, co se stane s duší zesnulého člověka podle náboženství Aluk Todolo, jak musí pozůstalí naložit s jeho tělem a do jaké míry společenský původ ovlivňuje ještě i v současnosti typ a délku funerálního rituálu Cílem této knihy je nastínit podobu funerálního rituálu v jeho původní formě a zachytit zásadní sociální a náboženské změny, ke kterým dochází v toradžské společnosti od počátku 20. století, kdy na jejich území vstoupili první nizozemští misionáři. Autorka knihy se snažila zjistit, do jaké míry jsou soudobé toradžské rituály synkretickým útvarem – snoubí se v nich totiž autochtonní víra Aluk Todolo a zvykové právo adat s nově přijatými náboženstvími. Práce tedy poukazuje na to, jak nově přijatá náboženství ovlivnila podobu rituálů, soustředí se zejména na jejich formální a principiální významové posuny

Making a Living between Crises and Ceremonies in Tana Toraja

Making a Living between Crises and Ceremonies in Tana Toraja
Author: Edwin B.P. de Jong
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2013-06-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004252479

Making a Living between Crisis and Ceremonies offers an account on the practice of everyday life of the Torajan people both in the highlands of Tana Toraja (South Sulawesi, Indonesia) and elsewhere (Makassar, Jakarta, Maleisië).