Religion Realm

For fieldwork, 12 field officers and 5 field coordinators have been prepared, consisting of lecturers and doctoral students from the history and civic law department, Undana's teaching faculty, and Musepur employees who are already bachelors and alumni of the history department. This training lasted for 1 month, namely July 1977. Based on folklore still alive among the people of East Nusa Tenggara, their ancestors used to think they came from outside, namely by sea with rafts from the west, east/north, from the sea, and air. According to folklore, their ancestors used to come from outside, namely by sea with rafts from the west, east/north. Some even say they emerged from the ground/plants, such as the Abur people in Alar and several tribes in Belu. It turns out that several areas in NTT admit that their ancestors came from across from 1 place that has the words Sina & Malacca. The people of Sumba Island know their ancestors as Umbu Walu Mandoku who came from Malaka Tanobara by...

Salu is usually used to name mountains, rivers, and other geographical toponyms, but none use it for the island to the south. The Hikayat La Galigo has become widely known to the international audience after being adapted into a theatrical performance I La Galigo by Robert Wilson, a director from the United States, which began to be performed internationally in 2004. This epic is probably older and was written before the Mahabharata epic from India. Only part of Galigo has been translated into Indonesian and there is no complete version in English available. However, this epic still provides historians with an overview of Bugis culture before the 14th century. The formation of the Bone Kingdom was in 1330 which began with the arrival of Tomanurung Ri Matajang Matasilompoe who united 7 communities led by Matoa. Manurung Ri Matajang married Manurung Ri Toro giving birth to La Ummasa Petta Panre Bessie as the second Arumpone. His sister married La Pattikkeng Arung Palakka who gave birth t...

The Kalumpang tribe is one of the 2 oldest Neolithic sites in Indonesia that shows evidence of the habitation of the Austronesian-speaking community who became the ancestors of most of the Indonesian people. The population is estimated at around 1 million people, with around 500,000 still living in the Tana Toraja, North Toraja, and Mamasa districts. This migration occurred until 1985. The event was documented by National Geographic & broadcast in several European countries. They still adhere to animism and have not been touched by the outside world. The relationship between families is expressed through blood, marriage, and sharing ancestral homes, practically marked by the exchange of buffalo and pigs in rituals.  Rituals related to the tongkonan are significant in the spiritual life of the Toraja tribe, therefore all family members are required to participate because the tongkonan symbolizes their relationship with their ancestors. When the ancestors of the Toraja tribe came...