Toraja Traditional Clothing

       Traditional clothes and dance - T- Shirt Pokko called Toraja traditional ' for women and seppa tallung book for men . Clothes Pokko ' a shirt with short sleeves . While seppa tallung a book -length pants to the knees . This outfit is equipped with other accessories , such as kandaure , lipa ' , Gayang and so on .
Toraja traditional clothing that has been modified and worn by Johanica Yanuar , ambassador of Indonesia in the event of Manhunt International 2011 which was held in South Korea ) , attracted the attention of the audience who berasaldari 48 countries .

       Toraja tribe is a tribe that settled in the mountains of the northern part of South Sulawesi , Indonesia . Its population is estimated at around 1 million people , with 500,000 of them still living in Tana Toraja , North Toraja Regency , and Regency Mamasa.Mayoritas Toraja embraced Christianity , while some embraced Islam and animism known as Aluk To Dolo . The Indonesian government has recognized this belief as part of Hinduism Dharma .

        The word comes from the Bugis language Toraja , to Riaja , which means "one who dwells in the land above " . The Dutch colonial government named the Toraja tribe in 1909 . Toraja is famous for funeral rites , customs house tongkonan and carving wood . Toraja funeral rites are important social events , usually attended by hundreds of people and lasting for several days . Before the 20th century , the Toraja lived in autonomous villages . They still adhered to animism and untouched by the outside world . In the early 1900s , Dutch missionaries came and spread Christianity . After more open to the outside world in the 1970s , Tana Toraja district became a symbol of Indonesian tourism .

         Tana Toraja exploited by tourism developers and studied by anthropologists . Toraja society since the 1990s transformed the culture , from traditional belief and agrarian society , became predominantly Christian society and relying on the growing tourism sector . " Many compliments were conveyed through the media including websites bebeberapa about national costume used by the participants of Indonesia , the world level contest talented man , Manhunt International 2011 , held in Seoul , South Korea , on 28 September to 10 October 2011 and the final night was held on Monday night at one of the elite area of ​​Seoul .


      The results of a community survey beauty contest on its website on Sunday night www.indopageants.com predicted national dress worn Indonesian ambassador will be the Best National Costume . " We hope this Toraja dress will be the best in this event , after several consecutive years of national costume Indonesian ambassador always occupied first runner-up , " he said . which is 182 cm tall, was wearing clothing design themed Mystical Toraja .
Clothing is a modification of Toraja traditional clothing seppa tallung book that comes with wings and horns impressive grandeur and majesty of one of the Indonesian culture .

       Widi added , choice of clothing inspired by the culture of Toraja was also once expected to draw the world's attention on keaneragamanan Indonesian culture so that they are keen to come and make a trip to the country . " Some times teams from other countries also praised national . Meanwhile , the Ministry of Culture and Tourism appreciate and support the positive efforts of tourism promotion through event Manhunt International . Expected to deliver a message and introduce Indonesia, especially in terms of cultural diversity and natural wealth "wonderful " to the world community at large.
" Moreover, Indonesian participants also feature one of the wonderful richness of Indonesian culture that especially from Toraja , South Sulawesi , " he said .