The Toraja Tribe Cultural Cleansing Ritual bodies

Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi has long been famous for its natural scenic mountains a unique and customary rituals. The most famous, of course, Signs Solo party that was held before the funeral of a respected figure.
Each year the festival that took place in several places in Toraja is always inviting the arrival of thousands tourism. other Signs Solo, actually there is one rare nan rituals in Toraja, namely Ma 'Nene', the ritual cleaning and replacing clothes ancestral remains.

This ritual is known to the public only in the interior of North Toraja Baruppu. Typically, Ma 'Nene' held every August. When Ma 'Nene' progress, crates dead ancestors, leaders and parents, removed from the tombs and stone canal and placed in the arena ceremony.

There, their relatives and the relatives had gathered. Slowly, they pulled the corpse (either still intact and living bones) and replace clothing that remains attached to the body with a new. when treat the corpse as if it were alive and remain a part of a big family.

Ritual Ma 'Nene' by society Baruppu regarded as a manifestation of their love for their ancestors, figures and relatives who have died. They keep hoping, keep their ancestral spirits from evil nuisance, pest plants, also unlucky life.

Origins of Ritual Ma 'Nene' in Baruppu
The story hereditary states, in ancient times there exists a hunter named Pong Rumasek animals. While hunting in the mountain forests Balla, instead of finding the beast of the forest, he instead found the body of a person who has long passed away. The body was lying under the trees, abandoned, living bones.

Taking pity, Pong Rumasek then treating the corpse could. Bones wrapped with clothes she wore, and placed in areas that are roomy and decent. After that, Pong Rumasek continue the hunt.

No warning, since the incident, every time Pong Rumasek hunting, he always get great results. Forest animals led to her though. Not only that, when he got home, Pong Rumasek found in rice paddies had been yellowed, pithy and ready to harvest prematurely.

Pong Rumasek regard, the entire fortune was gained thanks to the compassion he showed when treating a nameless corpse discovered when hunting. Since then, Pong Rumasek and public bodies Baruppu glorify their ancestors, figures and relatives with a ceremony Ma 'Nene'.

In ritual Ma 'Nene' also there is an unwritten rule that binds citizens. For example, if a wife or husband dies, the bereaved couple who can not remarry before holding Ma 'Nene' for him.

When Ma 'Nene' was held, the nomads Baruppu origin are scattered all over the country will return home to honor their ancestors.

Baruppu citizens believe that if Ma 'Nene' is not held then the ancestors will also keep them escape. Disaster will hit, the disease will afflict the people, paddy fields and rice will not produce a pithy and lush plants. Source