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Tongkonan
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Tongkonan is the traditional ancestral house, or rumah adat, of the Torajan people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tongkonan has a distinguishing boat-shaped and oversized saddleback roof. Like most of the Indonesia's Austronesian-based traditional architecture, tongkonan is built on piles. Its construction is a laborious task, and it is usually built with the help of all family members or friends. In the original Toraja society, only nobles had the right to build tongkonan. Commoners live in smaller and less decorated homes called banua.

Key facts

Building.name
Tongkonan
Building.image
Tongkonan_-_South_Sulawesi_Pavilion_TMII_(2025)_-_img_01.jpg
Building.image_caption
A row of tongkonans in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta.
Building.alternate_names
Rumah Adat Tongkonan
Building.status
Residences
Building.building_type
Traditional House
Building.architectural_style
Indonesian
Building.location_town
Tana Toraja (South Sulawesi)
Building.location_country
Indonesia
Building.owner
Torajan

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
Rumah adat
Country
Indonesia
Location
Sulawesi
Image
Tongkonan1.jpg
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Commons category
Toraja houses
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Background
  • Etymology and history
  • Construction
  • Social significance
  • Ornamentation
  • Contemporary tongkonan
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Tongkonan is the traditional ancestral house, or rumah adat, of the Torajan people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tongkonan has a distinguishing boat-shaped and oversized saddleback roof. Like most of the Indonesia's Austronesian-based traditional architecture, tongkonan is built on piles. Its construction is a laborious task, and it is usually built with the help of all family members or friends. In the original Toraja society, only nobles had the right to build tongkonan. Commoners live in smaller and less decorated homes called banua.

==Background==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tongkonan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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