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The feast of which a description is presented here as it is conducted in the Kesu’ territory in the Rantepao country, is called merok in the Sa’dan Toradja language.1 This word, a younger form of merauk, is a derivation of the root word rok (rauk)2 = to pierce with a lance. The feast is so called because the central part of it is the offering of a buffalo, although the offering animal is not killed with a lance but with a large chopping knife.
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The Sa’dan Toradja are the main group of inhabitants of the South Toradja area, South Celebes, Indonesia. A description of the merauk feast held in the Sa’dan territory in the north of the Rantepao country, is to be found in: „De Boea’ en eenige andere feesten der Toradja’s van Rantepao en Ma’kale”, J. Kruyt, Tijdschrift Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Vol. 60, 1921, pp. 161–167.
Most of the Toradja terms used in this description are to be found, under the root words from which they are derived, in the Tae’ (Zuid-Toradjasch)-Nederlandsch Woordenboek written by the author, published by Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1940.
For a description of the maro feast in the Balusu territory in the north-east of the Rantepao country, see J. Kruyt, Tijdschrift Bataviaasch Genootschap voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Vol. 60, 1921, pp. 172–180.
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van der Veen, H. (1965). Description of the Feast. In: The Merok Feast of the Sa’Dan Toradja. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-. Land- en Volkenkunde. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4760-8_1
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