Traditional house of Toraja people

Tongkonan is a traditional house of Toraja people. The roof is curved like a boat, made up of bamboo (currently some tongkonans use a tin roof). At the front there is a row of buffalo horns. The inside of the room is used as a bed and a kitchen. It comes from the word tongkon (meaning sitting together). Tongkonan is divided based on level or role in society (social stara Toraja society). In front of the tongkonan there is a rice granary, called 'alang'. These rice barn poles made from palm tree trunks (banga) are now partly already casted. In the front of the barn there are various carvings, including a picture of chicken and sun (called pa'bare 'allo), which is a symbol for solving the case... .