Toraja - Animal for The Funeral

By: Janti Fitri

This buffalo expensive too, but not expensive as the Tedong Bonga

What do you think when you see this big pink buffalo? 
You will say, wow...what a big animal? or wow...what a pink animal? (hahahaa...not so funny i guess...jejeejjeje)


Well....for me, I might say...wow..what an expensive animal!! why so?

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Tedong Bonga with lower price

The lowest price buffalo from all Tedong prices

Well..well...in Toraja animals are showing the level of society. There are two animals that used to show the level of society. There are buffaloes and pigs. There are many types of buffaloes that will show your level. The most expensive buffalo that will show your high level is Tedong Bonga. Tedong means buffalo. Tedong bonga is buffalo which has two different color. Tedong bonga's appearance look like dairy cattle. It is white with the black dot (so...please be careful if you are white and have black dots...could be sold...hahahahahaaa......LoL).

Tedong Bonga the expensive one

The rate of the buffaloes amazed me. One buffalo type of Tedong Bonga can be sold with the price of sixty million rupiah (Rp 60,000,000.00 ) or around 6,315.79 USD ( I can buy a house with this amount  of money...hahahahhaa....)
No wonder if this animal used to show the high level of society.


And the most surprising thing for me is, when the funeral ceremony held, people not only need a buffalo, but they need more buffaloes. Because when the funeral ceremony held, all people are invited, including tourist. So, you can imagine, how much money will be needed here to held the funeral party (make me headache...hahahahaa.....).


Buffaloes used as a gift to close family. And one day when your family, as example your cousin held the funeral party, you will return the Tedong with the same price as he/she gave before. WOW!


Beside Tedong as the animal for funeral, there is also another animal that used for the party. It is pig. 


Pig is showing lowest level of society or show that you are only a neighbor. But, Toraja people will shy to give this pig in the funeral because this is show your low level. However, in the party pigs still needed to serve the guests. 


Want to try to held party like this? Well, visit Toraja and join their party.


Sometimes, tourists who visit Toraja will join the party, and they will buy some buffalo in group....and here they come...join the party. Want to try? Just visit Toraja - South Sulawesi, Indonesia, South East Asia.


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