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Simbuang Stone as a Symbol and Medium of Respect for the Ancestor of Toraja Nobleman

Authors
Akin Duli1, Rosmawati Rosmawati2, Muhammad Nur3, Yusriana Yusriana4, Stephen Chia5
1,2,3,4Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Hasanuddin University –Makassar, Indonesia
5Centre for Global Archaeological Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: akinduli@unhas.ac.id
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Akin Duli
Available Online 27 April 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220408.001How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Toraja; simbuang; medium of respect; rapasan; aluk todolo
Abstract

The Toraja ethnic community has a unique culture that was passed down from a predecessor generation and is still maintained today. One of the cultural uniqueness is the tradition of establishing a simbuang (menhir) in the implementation of ritual ceremonies, especially in the ceremony of the death of the nobility that is marked as the ritual ceremony. The question is what the role of the establishment of the simbuang in the procession of the death ceremony for the Toraja people. The research method was carried out using survey and interview techniques with ethnoarchaeological approach. The results of this study provide an explanation that the nature of the establishment of the simbuang at Rante during the rapasan ceremony is a sign for a deceased figure who will become a media of respect by his children and grandchildren and the relatives he left behind. When the ceremony of the ceremony is placed in a place of symbol (rante), the symbols that stand in the rante are considered as the embodiment of the ancestors who need to receive certain treatment such as respect, given offerings, a place to bind the buffalo symbolically to be offered, and even as a medium for worship of ancestors, as stipulated in the aluk to dolo belief.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 9th Asbam International Conference (Archeology, History, & Culture In The Nature of Malay) (ASBAM 2021)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
27 April 2022
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978-94-6239-571-8
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2352-5398
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