Tojara Tongkanon houses

The first thing you notice in Tana Tojara are the amazing traditional tongkanons (chieftain's houses) with their upturned roofs. The tradition tells the story of how their ancestors paddled up the river and then built houses with their boats as roofs.
Water buffalo horns and jaws adorn the front and sides of the buildings to show the wealth of the owner. The more and larger the horns the more wealth.
The Toraja also build rice barns in the same style. The more barns also showing more wealth and status.Read more