Indonesia - Sulawesi - Tana Toraja
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The dead babies have no name, in Torajan they call it "lai" which doesn't refer to a name, but to a female child. The baby boy they call "tato" (baby boy). This is because it has not grown teeth yet... During Ma'Nene every relative aims to hold it and to take selfies with the babies. It is about greater love, and for the Torajans, nothing extraordinary
Ma'Nene is always a good occasion for younger relatives to meet their ancestors for the first time - and of course, to take some selfies with them. While post mortem photography is a disappearing culture (or already lost culture) within most developed countries, in certain parts of Toraja this tradition has been be preserved well over the years.
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- Indonesia-Toraja-Panggala_Manene-Juli_and_nameless_baby-5.jpg
- Copyright
- Claudio Sieber
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- 6016x4016 / 18.3MB
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