Apart from Egypt, Toraja also preserves the tradition of decorating and cleaning the mummies of their ancestors.

Intact Mummies Tens To Hundreds Of Years Old In Indonesia Are On Display In A Unique And Rare Manene Tradition.

the manene ritual is step by step and unique, manene is a tradition of changing the clothes of an intact corpse (complete corpse) or also called a mummy that is tens or even hundreds of years old which is still preserved in the world and can be found today in the toraja tribe in north toraja regency, sulawesi south, indonesia.

manene ritual, a very step-by-step tradition that we can only find in north toraja district, south sulawesi. a tradition of respect for ancestors, a form of love. by replacing the corpse clothes of ancestors who have died for decades to hundreds of years.

this time, the manene ritual, which is held every 4 years, was held at liang lo'ko' kuku (the name of the burial place) in warian hamlet, ampang batu village, in rindingallo district, north toraja regency, south sulawesi, indonesia, on august 20 2024.

being a very unique traditional procession and a step that we have seen with our own eyes, this manene traditional ritual has become a tradition of respect and appreciation as a form of devotion to ancestors in north toraja. respect for ancestors and a form of love for predecessors is expressed in the ritual tradition of manene by changing the clothes of a corpse that has been completely mummified by the family's ancestors who have died.

it is known that this manene ritual is carried out simultaneously in august after residents carry out the rice harvest.

in the video, approximately 65 bodies can be seen that have been buried and buried in stone graves and patane (a typical toraja grave) which are opened again from the corpse coffin, which is then cleaned, after cleaning the corpses, some of the bodies will be dried in the sun to dry in the sun. the heat of the sun so that the body remains durable and dry, if there is a body and clothing that is wet or damp.

after the body has been dried in the sun, and changed into clothes in the form of cloth and sarong etc. the body is then put back in the coffin, before being put back into the tomb.

this ritual has become a legacy from generation to generation which has been and continues to be preserved by the toraja tribe, especially in the north toraja district. the uniqueness and steps of this ritual, which is the only one in the world, has become an alternative tourist attraction for foreign tourists, who only held at the beginning of august and peaks at the end of august.

titus kondo bua' as the traditional figure in this ritual in his video interview said that they first held a deliberation to determine the day and date for the manene tradition to be held, and it was set to start in august 2024, the 20th.

"starting from today, then the graves are opened and the coffins are taken out, then the residents are obliged to bring betel to each of the bodies of their ancestors, and the graves must not be closed, they must be kept open, at that time the residents start to dry the bodies and clean them and change their clothes, after the body is put in a coffin but not yet put in the tomb, later at the main event the residents whose ancestors are removed and cleaned are required to slaughter the pig after that the coffin is put in the tomb and closed, and no more residents are allowed to go to the tomb, then in the next 4 years they will be able to "manene tradition is being held again." said titus kondo bua' in his video interview on august 20, 2024.