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Tana Toraja

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To get to Toraja, you’ll find yourself driving through spectacular mountains, steep terraced slopes and tall bamboo forests before arriving in a true paradise of unspoiled natural beauty. Witnessing all that, you’ll have no trouble understanding why Torajans believe their forefather descended from heaven. The center of tourism in Tana Toraja is Rantepao, 328 km north-east of Makassar, sitting 700 m above sea level. Rantepao has cool, pleasant evenings. The entry to Tana Toraja is marked by gate built in traditional boat shaped style. The road passes the spectacular mountains of Kandora and Gandang on which, according to Toraja mythology, the first ancestors of celestial beings descendents from heaven. This form belief created a unique Christian-animism culture in Toraja Society. Their ancestors worship include elaborate death and afterlife ceremonies, which are essentially great feast for everyone, A strict social hierarchy is followed in the villages and for an important figure weddi...
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Anoa

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Anoa animals is typical South. There are two species namely Anoa: Anoa Mountain (Bubalus quarlesi) and Anoa The Lowest (Bubalus depressicornis). Both live in the forest that does not dijamah man. They look similar to deer and has a weight of 150-300 kg. Anoa child will be born once a year. Both species can be found in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Since 1960 is in endangered status. Estimated there are currently fewer than 5,000 chickens that still survive. Anoa often taken to be hunted skin, meat and tanduknya. Anoa Mountain is also known by the name of Mountain Anoa, Anoa de Montana, Anoa de Quarle, Anoa des Montagnes, and Quarle's Anoa. While Anoa The Lowest also known by the name of Lowland Anoa, Anoa de Ilanura, or Anoa des Plaines.
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Prambanan Temple

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The Prambanan temple is the biggest and a most beautiful Hindu temple about 20 minutes from Yogyakarta city. This magnificent Shivaite temple derives its name from the village where it is located. Locally known as the Loro Jongrang temple , or the temple of the "Slender Virgin" it is reputed to be the biggest and most beautiful Hindu Temple in Indonesia. 17 kilometers east of Yogyakarta, the temple is believed to have been built by King Balitung Maha Sambu in the middle of the ninth century. Its parapets are adorned with a bas-reliefs depicting the famous Ramayana story . it has eight shrines, of which the three main ones are dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma (all are manifestations of God in Hindu). The main temple of Shiva rises to a high of 130 feet and houses the magnificent statue of Shiva''s consort, Durga . Prambanan Temple is beautiful temple, in fact, it is a group of temples. The biggest temple dedicated to Shiva (one of manifestation of God) w...
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