The Unitary State of our Republic of Indonesia has indeed long been known to the world with its sustainable cultural richness up to now.
One of them is a procession of adat to honor the ancestors.
Such a unique procession is unique in the District of North Toraja, South Sulawesi.
Every three years the people who live in the area around the mountains routine Sesean held a custom procession called Ma'nene.
Launched from the Compass, Ma'nene ritual is a customary procession to replace the clothing of the ancestral body that is buried in the crate of the Patane burial place.
Ma'nene ritual itself is taken from the language of Toraja people who have the meaning of changing the clothes of a corpse.
This ritual begins with a visit to the location of their ancestral graveyard named Patene located in Lembang Paton Village, District Pariale.
From Patene, the ancestral ancestors of their ancestors who have hundreds of years old still stored in intact because it has been preserved previously issued.
Ma'nene's own procession is done by the family.
Later the family will clean the ancestor's body and then remove the old clothes.
Once cleansed the ancestral bodies will be worn again with new clothes.
For the corpse of men will usually wear a suit suits complete with accessories in the form of glasses.
While the corpse of women will wear a wedding dress.
Well, before the public opened the door of Patane's grave and lifted the coffin to be cleaned up.
The indigenous elders named Ne'Tomina Lumba will first read a prayer.
In the prayer the elders will ask for permission of the ancestors so that people get mercy and blessing every growing season until the harvest is abundant.
The unique rituals in Toraja land are able to attract the attention of foreign media.
Even some media review it with complete details with photos Ma'nene procession path.
It is not known exactly when this ritual was held.
But quoting from the National Geographic page, this ritual has been held before the 1900s.
"This is how we honor our ancestors, no sorrow, this ritual is full of joy because we can reunite with the ancestors, we respect them and hopefully they give blessing permits and abundant crops," said a resident quoted from Dailymail.
After the procession unleashes the corpse, the local community will cut buffaloes and pigs for the ancestors as well as a gathering of local people with their families who wander together to sit together in a meal together.
Here are photos of Ma'nene rituals that have been launched from the Dailymail page.