Tentena (Pamona language: Tentena), is a small town in Poso District, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. This city is the capital of Pamona Puselemba district. Tentena is located on the outskirts of Lake Poso, about 54 km southeast of Poso City and 258 km southeast of Palu City, the capital of Central Sulawesi province.
Tentena has a total area of 82.49 km2 with a population of 11,233 inhabitants. Tentena is the second largest city in Poso District, after the Poso capital. Tentena consists of three urban villages, namely Tentena, Sangele, and Pamona villages.
Tentena is the center of the Christian Church of Central Sulawesi. Tentena is also the site of the annual tourism festival held since 1991, the Festival of Lake Poso
The word "Tentena" is commonly used by the community to explain to others related to the area of origin. By calling the word "Tentena" a place of origin, then the individual can be known where it came from even though the individual is not from Tentena. Since the early 1940s, people from 38 villages around Tentena consider themselves to be a Tentena community.
The name "Tentena" is better known to the people of Sulawesi generally and it has been a long time since Tentena has a glory in the past, which is specifically related to the formation of an early traditional market or called "Pasar Subuh", so the name of one of the territories Administrative sub-district Pamona Puselemba used as the identity of all communities who live in the district.
Tentena has been prepared by the Government of the Netherlands East Indies to become a new residence because of its strategic location. Tentena has long been prepared long before people are told to go down the mountain to occupy the region (Tentena). Zending has the autonomous right to process it in preparing the locations that will be built and deployed various community service centers.
In the late 1800s to 1900s, the efforts of Albert Christian Kruyt and Nicolaus Adriani in bringing the Pamona to descend into the prepared settlements was a long journey in realizing an integrated region with a community service system. Kruyt and Adriani initially invited To Wingke mPoso, a tribal child who settled in the mountains around Tentena. Kruyt finally managed to invite To Wingke mPoso settled in Tentena, the region that was prepared. In 1902 there was a major migration from the settlements of To Langgadopi, To Wawolembo, To Wawopada, To Tinoe, To Tamungkudena to Tentena.
At the end of the 19th century, Tentena was a public service center. Two types of public services at the time were education and health. In fulfilling the public interest, Zending established many service offices in Tentena such as Limbue which is the first synod office before the establishment of GKST synod office in Jalan Setia Budi, Sangele Sub-district.
In 1902, Kruyt invited people who settled in the mountains to descend, and then occupied the new settlement that had been provided. In 1905, zending effectively undertook its construction in Tentena. In 1917, Kandepe Kasina was moved to Tentena and became a part of various zending service centers. Kandepe Kasina can finally accommodate and serve the community in large numbers at the Medical Center.
In 1940, the old King Talasa sent his eldest son, Wongko Talasa, as the young king to head the government in Tentena. In 1950, the Dutch East Indies government brought in several saw machines and instructors to train people in the Tentena area as new shelters. One of the places to produce the raw material of the resident's house, is in Tandongkayuku area. In 1950, Tentena also experienced a period of famine. This situation encourages people to find other ways to survive, and the way they do to anticipate it, among others, to cultivate corn as a food or called corn rice (in Pamona language called Kina'a Bose).
Pamona cave is located in Tentena city and this place is famous by the place to keep the death body from Pamona tribe at ancient time. This cave is settled in the edge of Poso Lake, 63 Km from Poso and it can be reach by using four-wheel drive or two-wheel drive vehicles. Just because it located in the edge or Poso Lake, but the water from the lake cannot be flowing into the cave. For those who want to explore the cave will be better to bring personal equipment like flashlight, because there is no rented equipment available at the place. Pamona cave is rarely visited by tourists; local people believe that this place is too haunted to be visited; this makes the cave still natural and genuine. Those who visit the cave are mostly coming from the researchers. Pamona cave has 200 meter long and 80 meter deep, with steep and curve steps. There are 12 rooms inside the cave. The first room is still bright and the sunlight still coming from the crack of the roof, but the deeper the steps, the more darkly the situation, and the humidity is become thicker. At ancient time, the cave was used as the cemetery from Poso people who live around the hills. The Pamona descendants used to keep the death body of the family into the coffin and place it into the cave. Hence, no wonder that today we can find the skull and skeleton in the middle of the exploration into the cave.
Tentena has a total area of 82.49 km2 with a population of 11,233 inhabitants. Tentena is the second largest city in Poso District, after the Poso capital. Tentena consists of three urban villages, namely Tentena, Sangele, and Pamona villages.
Tentena is the center of the Christian Church of Central Sulawesi. Tentena is also the site of the annual tourism festival held since 1991, the Festival of Lake Poso
The word "Tentena" is commonly used by the community to explain to others related to the area of origin. By calling the word "Tentena" a place of origin, then the individual can be known where it came from even though the individual is not from Tentena. Since the early 1940s, people from 38 villages around Tentena consider themselves to be a Tentena community.
The name "Tentena" is better known to the people of Sulawesi generally and it has been a long time since Tentena has a glory in the past, which is specifically related to the formation of an early traditional market or called "Pasar Subuh", so the name of one of the territories Administrative sub-district Pamona Puselemba used as the identity of all communities who live in the district.
Tentena has been prepared by the Government of the Netherlands East Indies to become a new residence because of its strategic location. Tentena has long been prepared long before people are told to go down the mountain to occupy the region (Tentena). Zending has the autonomous right to process it in preparing the locations that will be built and deployed various community service centers.
In the late 1800s to 1900s, the efforts of Albert Christian Kruyt and Nicolaus Adriani in bringing the Pamona to descend into the prepared settlements was a long journey in realizing an integrated region with a community service system. Kruyt and Adriani initially invited To Wingke mPoso, a tribal child who settled in the mountains around Tentena. Kruyt finally managed to invite To Wingke mPoso settled in Tentena, the region that was prepared. In 1902 there was a major migration from the settlements of To Langgadopi, To Wawolembo, To Wawopada, To Tinoe, To Tamungkudena to Tentena.
At the end of the 19th century, Tentena was a public service center. Two types of public services at the time were education and health. In fulfilling the public interest, Zending established many service offices in Tentena such as Limbue which is the first synod office before the establishment of GKST synod office in Jalan Setia Budi, Sangele Sub-district.
In 1902, Kruyt invited people who settled in the mountains to descend, and then occupied the new settlement that had been provided. In 1905, zending effectively undertook its construction in Tentena. In 1917, Kandepe Kasina was moved to Tentena and became a part of various zending service centers. Kandepe Kasina can finally accommodate and serve the community in large numbers at the Medical Center.
In 1940, the old King Talasa sent his eldest son, Wongko Talasa, as the young king to head the government in Tentena. In 1950, the Dutch East Indies government brought in several saw machines and instructors to train people in the Tentena area as new shelters. One of the places to produce the raw material of the resident's house, is in Tandongkayuku area. In 1950, Tentena also experienced a period of famine. This situation encourages people to find other ways to survive, and the way they do to anticipate it, among others, to cultivate corn as a food or called corn rice (in Pamona language called Kina'a Bose).
Pamona cave is located in Tentena city and this place is famous by the place to keep the death body from Pamona tribe at ancient time. This cave is settled in the edge of Poso Lake, 63 Km from Poso and it can be reach by using four-wheel drive or two-wheel drive vehicles. Just because it located in the edge or Poso Lake, but the water from the lake cannot be flowing into the cave. For those who want to explore the cave will be better to bring personal equipment like flashlight, because there is no rented equipment available at the place. Pamona cave is rarely visited by tourists; local people believe that this place is too haunted to be visited; this makes the cave still natural and genuine. Those who visit the cave are mostly coming from the researchers. Pamona cave has 200 meter long and 80 meter deep, with steep and curve steps. There are 12 rooms inside the cave. The first room is still bright and the sunlight still coming from the crack of the roof, but the deeper the steps, the more darkly the situation, and the humidity is become thicker. At ancient time, the cave was used as the cemetery from Poso people who live around the hills. The Pamona descendants used to keep the death body of the family into the coffin and place it into the cave. Hence, no wonder that today we can find the skull and skeleton in the middle of the exploration into the cave.
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