Ancient Tomb of Stone - Minahasa, North Sulawesi

Waruga is an old cemetery or graves that located in Sawangan, North Sulawesi. Waruga derived from two words meaning the Waru home and Ruga meaning body. So, literally Waruga is the place for the body that coming home to heaven.

That was what public believe in the Minahasa in ancient times. The tomb is made ​​of carved stone and shaped like a house that has been around since the 1600s. At that time each family has its own tomb made ​​of stone.

Initially tomb stone for the family scattered in several villages in the district of Minahasa. When outbreak of cholera and typhoid, in which the suspected source is the family tomb, finally by the local government, whole tomb stones were collected in one place.

The tomb stones form tells the occupation or profession from the body buried in waruga it. For example, if the pictures of animals occur, then the person who died was a hunter. 

Exotic Place of Burial - Toraja

An exotic place of burial, a cemetery where bodies are stored in holes carved on rock wall. This place is a man-made from exceptional Toraja. Funeral that has been around since the 16th century was made by carving using very simple equipment.

There are 75 holes in the wall rock. Some of them have statues lined the so-called tau-tau. The statues are a symbol of social position, status, and their role during the life of the local nobility.

 

Located about 12 kilometers south of Rantepao or six kilometers north of Makale, this object is visited since 1960. Besides watching the stone tomb, tourists can also buy various souvenirs or walking path around the object witnessed pangi the ripe fruit and browning. The fruits were ready to be processed and eaten as a food typical Toraja tribe called pantollo pamarrasan.