The Impact of Patane Grave Development on the Availability of Residential and Agriculture in North Toraja

Abstract

. The writing of this article focuses on the impact of the construction of the Patane Grave on the availability of residential and agricultural space in North Toraja and local government policies regarding this matter. The method used in this research is empirical research method. The data used are primary data collected through interviews and questionnaires to respondents and secondary data obtained from literature materials recorded in several books and articles. Data processing using qualitative descriptive analysis method. The results showed that the construction of pantane graves had both positive and negative impacts on the availability of residential and agricultural space, the positive impact was saving on land use for burial needs, facilitating the burial process and customary rituals related to Ma'nene 'rituals. While the negative impact of the construction of the Patane grave is causing unorganized in the arrangement of residential and agricultural spaces because there are no rules governing the location of the Patane grave, so that people are free to build wherever agreed by the family, so that it is mixed with settlements or built in productive agricultural locations, thereby reducing residential and agricultural space systematically. There is no local regulation regarding the Patane Grave building. The regional regulations regarding building permits levies and the regional regulations on the North Toraja Spatial Plan do not mention the Patane Grave building, however there are some Lembang /Villages that have taken policies and concentrated the construction of the Patane graves on special areas.