Pain due to death, the community held a ritual Rambu Solo Toraja.

The ceremony is spectacular

because it involves many people, art, attractions, and hundreds of animals disembeli. In Toraja,
the ceremony of death is more “alive” than marriage or birth.

Among the traditional ceremony, Rambu Solo is the only ritual the most popular among tourists.
Access catalog  international travel. If you’re lucky enough to come at the right time, tourists can
participate in this unique ceremony.

In Aluk teachings, spirit person who died must be delivered to reach heaven (puya). Rambu Solo
was the delivery. If the relatives do not ever carry Rambu Solo, spirits of the deceased will
wander. So with all the effort, a certain kinship will perform this ceremony.

If families do not have the cost to implement immediately after death, families are allowed to
collect money. But before ritual performed, the deceased must be regarded as sick or weak. The
body is stored in the home, continue to receive food and water even talk like people live.

Ceremony Rambu Solo itself consists of two stages. The first phase was conducted in the west of
the house (Tongkonan) people died. Time after noon. The second ceremony was held in a
clearing called rante. The timing is also after noon. Interval between the first and second
ceremony at least one year.

The second ceremony, is the culmination of the ritual Rambu Solo. The higher the social status
of the deceased, the greater the ceremony. The amount of ritual measured by the number of
animals slaughtered. royal family will cut between 24 to 100 buffaloes. For the middle class just
eight buffaloes plus 50 pigs.
Various interesting activities Signs Solo of ceremony:

Signs and dance of ritual Rambu solo, which is ma’badong, guests in attendance formed a circle,
holding hands. Then they sing and dance together. song describes the pain.

Matinggoro tedong (cut buffalo). How to cut the buffalo in this ceremony is unique, ie cut the
buffalo’s neck with a machete in one swing.

At the peak of the event, held ma’balun rituals, (wrap the body), ma’roto (giving gold and silver
ornaments in a coffin), ma’parokko (lower body to the barn to be buried), and ma’palao
(carrying the corpse to the cemetery .) When the delivery body, long red cloth is created for itself
over the deceased family.

In Aluk teachings, perfection Rambu solo implementation will determine the fate of those who
died after she was buried. Would it be a spirit that reaches the level of a god or a god protector.
Because it is near over, families late are required to give thanks to God