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Toradja|tɒˈrɑːdʒə|
Also Toraja.
[Native name.]
a. An Austronesian people living in central Sulawesi (formerly Celebes); a member of this people.
b. The language of the Toradja.
1911J. Frazer Golden Bough: Magic Art (ed. 3) I. iii. 109 The Toradjas of Central Celebes believe that things of the same sort attract each other by means of their indwelling spirits. 1937M. Covarrubias Island of Bali ii. 16 The ancient inhabitants of the Malay Archipelago were ‘Indonesians’, also called Malayo-Polynesians,..and so forth. Of these, pure branches are to be found today in the Dyak of Borneo, the Batak of Sumatra, the Toradja of Celebes. 1957Encycl. Brit. V. 89/2 The Toraja are a collection of tribes, living in central, southeast and east Celebes. 1964E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Transl. ix. 208 In east Toradja, spoken in Indonesia, ‘they mentioned his-he-ness’ is a way of rendering ‘they spoke about him’. 1979Radio Times 5–11 May 61/1 It's in the mountains of central Sulawesi that you find the land of the Torajas. |