MOTIVES AND MEANING OF TORAJA TOMB CARVING ART

 

MOTIVES AND MEANING OF TORAJA TOMB CARVING ART

Toraja tribal carving art consists of two types, namely wood carving art and stone carving art. The art of woodcarving is engraved on traditional Toraja traditional houses to souvenirs, typical of Toraja people's art. The art of stone carving also plays a very influential role in the life of the Toraja people. Tana Toraja stone tombs are one of the media in making stone carving art. The Toraja Cemetery community was originally located in mountain caves and high hills. The graves used are stone tombs. Religious and social concepts due to animistic beliefs and ancestral dynamism are embodied in spiritual symbols. The birth of carvings in the form of pictures as a form of symbols used and by the people of Toraja. Each carving has a name and special meaning. The motifs used in wood carvings and stone carvings are usually images of animals and plants that lack such as water weeds and crabs as well as tadpoles meaning fertility. Aquatic animals show the need to move fast and work hard and also signify the need for certain skills to produce good results. The buffalo carving motif is very important for the Toraja people, not only carved on tombs but on tongkonan (traditional Toraja house) and other media that support the life of the Toraja people. inseparable from the buffalo symbol. The buffalo symbolizes wealth as the hope that a family will get a lot so that the buffalo's wealth increases. The buffalo carving on the Tana Toraja tomb is manifested only as a rich person and has native Toraja royal blood who is buried in a stone grave carved with a buffalo. The Toraja people believe that the spirits need a lot of buffalo to make their journey faster

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  (spirit world, hereafter) when there are many buffaloes. This is what makes the buffalo have an important meaning carved on the symbol of the graves of the Toraja people. Indigenous Torajans and commoners cannot be buried in stone graves carved with buffaloes. In addition to buffalo carvings, chapter carvings

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