Toraja Tribe is the tribe that settled in the mountainous northern part of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its population is estimated around 600,000 inhabitants. They also settled on some plain Luwu and West Sulawesi.
Toraja name originally given by the Bugis Sidenreng and from Luwu. People Sidenreng named residents of this region with the title To Riaja which means "He who dwells in the land above or mountains", while people call this Luwu To Riajang which means "one who dwells in the west". There is also another version that says the home Toraya To = Tau (people), Britain = from word Maraya (large), meaning those great men, lords. Over time the mention of such a Toraja, and Tana word meaning country, so where the settlement was known then by the Toraja Tana Toraja.
