Torajaland
Funeral
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If you view this National Geographic video you will get a very good explanation about funerals and burials in Torajaland. And if you would like to see a video that was shot on the same day same place (by world-renowned shooter Rio), click here.
The
more oxen sacrificed in honor of the ancestors in a family, the greater
the family's prestige. (This is an example, from another family, in Kete'
Kesu.)
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Dancers
lead in a visiting clan from another village.
Photo
by Rio Paul, 2013
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Another
clan
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Photo
by Rio Paul, 2013
Inside
the main hall
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Photo
by Rio Paul, 2013
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This
guy dressed himself up like a bigshot, but he's only got a seat in the
peanut gallery, on the side.
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A
highly-valued albino
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After
the funeral comes burial. Torajaland has several peculiar ways of burial,
which you can see here.
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