Tongkonan is a traditional house of Toraja people. The roof is curved like a boat, made up of bamboo (currently some tongkonans use a tin roof). At the front there is a row of buffalo horns. The inside of the room is used as a bed and a kitchen. It comes from the word tongkon (meaning sitting together). Tongkonan is divided based on level or role in society (social stara Toraja society). In front of the tongkonan there is a rice granary, called 'alang'. These rice barn poles made from palm tree trunks (banga) are now partly already casted. In the front of the barn there are various carvings, including a picture of chicken and sun (called pa'bare 'allo), which is a symbol for solving the case... .
Particularly in Sillanan-Pemanukan (Tallu Lembangna), known as Ma'duangtondok, there are Tongkonan Karua (eight tongkonan houses) and Tongkonan A'pa '(four tongkonan houses) that play a role in the surrounding community.
Tongkonan karua consists of:
- Tongkonan Pangrapa '(Kabarasan)
- Tongkonan Sangtanete Jioan
- Tongkonan Nosu (To intoi masakka'na)
- Tongkonan Sissarean
- Tongkonan Karampa 'Panglawa padang
- Tongkonan Tomentaun
- Tongkonan To'lo'le Jaoan
- Tongkonan To Barana 'Another version of Tongkonan Lombok Indo' Piso
Tongkonan A'pa' consists of:
- Tongkonan Peanna Sangka '
- Tongkonan To'induk
- Tongkonan Karorrong
- Tongkonan Tondok Bangla '(Pemanukan)
