Toraja - Indonesian Tribe

Most unusual tribe in indonesia. Toraja people. The Toraja are an ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi. Torajan death. Death of the body isn't the final severing. While corpse is at home. The body is. Corpse burial. When the funeral. Ma'nene ritual. Corpses sometimes become a mummified In August. Short video about this tradition. Questions. Which ritual makes Torajans extraordinary.

Death of the body isn't the final severing. Instead, it is one step in a gradually unfolding process Late loved ones are tended at home after death They wait for funeral as long as necessary to gather far-flung relatives When hundreds of vehicles rips through town accompaying a corpose, traffic stops in a manner that not even an ambulance can command.

Which ritual makes Torajans extraordinary? Where does Torajans settle? When they can bury their dead family member?