Los IsiTongkonan Yindlu yookhokho bendabuko ye iitorajas, e Sulawesi, Indoneshiya. IsiTongkonan sine imilo yesikhephe eyahlukileyo, nangona kunjalo, njengezinto ezininzi zokwakha zaseIndonesia, iyafumaneka eyakhiwe kwiikholamu. Ukwakhiwa kweTongkonan kubandakanya umsebenzi omninzi kwaye kuhlala kusenziwa ngamalungu osapho. Kuluntu lokuqala lweTora, zizidwangube kuphela ezazinelungelo lokwakha itongkonan. Abanye abantu babehlala kwizindlu ezincinci nezingahonjiswanga kangako ezibizwa ngokuba yi banua.
ISulawesi sisiqithi esikhulu, esiphakathi IKalimantan y Maluku. Kwesi siqithi, ubutyebi bendalo bunentabalala yezenkcubeko nezityebileyo, kubandakanya nezinye zezinto ze-Indonesia. Amaqela aphambili kwesi siqithi yi-Muslim Bugis kunye neMakassarese, kumazantsi-ntshona esiqithi; kwinxalenye esemantla iChristian Minaza. I-Toraja esemazantsi eSulawesi lelinye lawona maqela ahlukeneyo eIndonesia.
Igama elithi Toraja livela kwimvelaphi yeBugis kwaye lanikwa abantu ababehlala kumantla peninsula esemazantsi. I-Toraja inemvelaphi evela kumazantsi mpuma eAsia, mhlawumbi evela Cambodia. Njengamaqela amaninzi e-Indonesia, i-Toraja inxiba izinto entloko kwaye Villas zayo zibekwe kwindawo qhinga encotsheni yeentaba. Abahlali baseDatshi bakhokela iToraja kwaye babakhokelela ekwakheni izindlu zabo zokuhlala kwiintlambo. Inkolo yemveli i-megalithic kunye ne-animistic. Uninzi lwezi zinto zemveli zihlala, kubandakanya nokwenza amadini ngezilwanyana.
Inkolo yemveli yaqala ukutshintsha xa abafundisi bamaProtestanti bafika okokuqala ngo-1909, kunye nabahlali abangamaDatshi. Namhlanje, ama-60% e-Toraja ngamaKristu angamaProtestanti kwaye i-10% ngamaSilamsi. Iinkolelo zabanye zigxile kwinkolo yemveli. I-Toraja yahlulwe yangamacandelo ahlukeneyo eendawo, eyona ibalulekileyo iyiMamasa, ejikeleze intlambo yeKalumpang, kunye ne-Sa'dan, kumazwe akumazantsi. Eyaziwa njenge "Tana Toraja", iSa'dan ineemarike eMakale naseRantepao.