Mapasilaga Tedong - Toraja by Christopher Darren https://padlet.com/christopherdarren182/etvr049rll28 Made with serendipity en-us 2017-10-11 14:27:12 UTC 2026-02-12 05:00:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png christopherdarren182 https://padlet.com/christopherdarren182/etvr049rll28/wish/196046729 One of the interesting cultures of Tana Toraja is the custom of Mapasilaga or known as buffalo racing. Buffalo that pitted here is not a random buffalo. Usually, they used Western Buffalo( Tedong Bunga) or Albino Buffalo to pitted.]]> 2017-10-11 14:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherdarren182/etvr049rll28/wish/196046729 Before the ceremony begin, many buffalo that will be pitted lined up at the location of the ceremony. Those buffaloes will be paraded and preceded by the gong bearer team, banners carrier, and a number of women from grieving families to the field located in rante (cemetery). When the buffalo row left the scene, the companion music will be played. The rhythm of traditional music comes from a number of women who pound rice on the mortar in turn. christopherdarren182 https://padlet.com/christopherdarren182/etvr049rll28/wish/199344049 2017-10-22 12:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherdarren182/etvr049rll28/wish/199344049 Before the buffalo race begins, the committee handed over the pork that has been burned, cigarettes, and fermented nira water (tuak), to the buffalo guides and the guests. Those buffaloes then performed in the fields, starting with a Western buffalo fights. Competed buffalo interspersed with a procession cutting buffalo with Toraja style, Ma'tinggoro Tedong, which slaughtered buffalo with a machete and only with one slash. christopherdarren182 https://padlet.com/christopherdarren182/etvr049rll28/wish/199345017 2017-10-22 12:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/christopherdarren182/etvr049rll28/wish/199345017