Toraja

Also known as Toraja people, Toradja

Indonesian ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi

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South sulawesi: 600,000
West sulawesi: 179,846 (14% of the population; also known as Mamasa people )

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Population: 857250

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native label: suku Raranggonau
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Location of Sulawesi in Indonesia

The Torajan are an Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Their population is approximately 1,100,000, of whom 450,000 live in the regency of Tana Toraja ("Land of Toraja"). Most of the population is Christian, and others are Muslim or have local animist beliefs known as aluk ("the way"). The Indonesian government has recognised this animistic belief as Aluk To Dolo ("Way of the Ancestors") as well as Hindu Alukta, namely, a form of Hinduism in Indonesia.