Tongkonan ornaments, Londa, South Sulawesi
Gables and the outside walls of tongkonan (im kool) are often decorated by red, black, and yellow colored wood, with patterns carved into it. Toraja society, however, is highly hierarchical and traditionally villagers have traditionally only been able to decorate their houses in a manner to their social status. Most carvings on tongkonan represent prosperity and fertility with the individual designs represent what is important to the particular family. Other houses have no carvings or painting; their surfaces are simply bare weather-worn timbers.
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Location: Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Photo credit: © Tjetjep Rustandi / Alamy / Afripics
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