Post #778426 by Hakalugi on Tue, Aug 1, 2017 4:09 PM

On 2005-12-02 17:58, I dream of tiki wrote:
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To this day, the Toraja traditionally live in small settlements perched on hilltops & surrounded by stone walls. Each village is composed of several extended families which inhabit a series of houses called Tongkonan, arranged in a circular row around an open field. In the middle stands a sacred stone or Banyan tree used for ritual offerings, and granaries (lumbung) face the dwellings. ...

These Tongkonan houses are quite amazing.