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March 28, 2010

Tana Toraja – South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Palawa village - Tana Toraja

Palawa Village - Tana Toraja

Tana Toraja has a specificity and uniqueness in the tradition of funeral usually called Rambu Tuka. Tana Toraja in the body in the grave but not placed in the Tongkonan for some time. That’s period can be more than 10 years until his family has enough money to carry out a proper ceremony for the dead. After the ceremony, his body was taken to the last resort in a mountain cave or a wall.

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