Rambu Solo'
Practice Sulawesi Selatan
Vigorous Contested
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Rambu Solo'
Primary name
Upacara kematian Toraja
Alternate name
Revisions
2025-06-21
Regional rule applied; buffalo counts changed to ranges
2025-05-20
Claim CLM-0002 opened and placed on the cost section
2025-01-30
Entry created
Discussion
Naming the number of buffalo
Open
Yunus Palulun
Data steward — Toraja · 2025-06-18
Please do not record buffalo counts for particular families' ceremonies, even where the figure is common knowledge here. Out of context the number reads as extravagance, and the family named bears the consequence.
Redaksi Sulawesi
Editorial · 2025-06-21
Accepted as a regional rule: figures are given as ranges and without family names. This applies across all Toraja entries.
Kathleen A.
Expert reviewer · 2025-06-25
Agreed, with one caveat: ranges should carry a year, since the scale has changed appreciably since the 2000s.