Lembang Tonga Riu - Lo'ko Mata Wall (Sulawesi Island, Indonnesia)

Lembang Tonga Riu near Lo'ko Mata is an impressive Toraja rock-tomb burial site (cemetery). It is also called Lo'ko Mata Wall.

More than 20 rock tombs are carved in a huge boulder. There is a carved balcony with Tau-tau's (effigies of the deceased looking at the living), and the sculpture of a "pa'tedong" (the sacred water buffalo of the Toraja).

Toraja effigies called "Tau-tau", representing the deceased, can be seen on a balcony. The effigies are life-size wooden sculptures with large open spooky eyes, and they are generally placed on a balcony above a rock tomb. They are like dead persons looking day and night at the living people.

See more info and photos of Toraja burial sites in the Toraja burial sites photo album.

See more information about the Toraja People in the Tana Toraja photo album.