Palawa' Village
Palawa'
A traditional ancestral-house village in northern Toraja, where dozens of tongkonan houses line a long street, their façades hung with layers of buffalo horns.
Palawa lies about 12 kilometres north of Rantepao. It is a traditional village that is still inhabited, with two rows of tongkonan ancestral houses facing rice barns across a street. The columns in front of the houses are hung with buffalo horns from past funerals, and the number reflects the family's status. The outer walls are covered in red, black, yellow and white geometric paintings. There are fewer tourists here than at Ke'te' Kesu, and villagers sell textiles and wood carvings beneath the rice barns. It can be combined with Sa'dan Weaving Village. A small maintenance fee is charged to enter the village.
Opening hours
Daytime
Nearby sights
- Bori Kalimbuang (Bori Parinding)
- Sa'dan To'barana' Weaving Village
- Marante
- Batutumonga
- Pasar Bolu (Bolu Market)
- Lo'ko' Mata
- Rantepao
- Nanggala