Indonesia - Sulawesi - Tana Toraja
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Indonesia - Sulawesi - Tana Toraja. Family house close to Sangallo.
Yohanis 77 years old (right), past away 2 weeks ago. His wife Alfrida Tottong Tikupadang, 65 years old, passed away 5 years ago (left). Her nails still grew about 5 centimeters after her death. Grandchild stands next to her grandparents. In Toraja, it’s customary to feed the deceased every day, and to keep the corpse cozily beded in a separate room of the family house until the family can afford a proper funeral. In contrast to common beliefs, Torajans treat their beloved relative as if being sick – not dead.
Only during the rituals of Rambu Solo’ the soul will find its way to Puya – Heaven. Rising to Puya also means to enter the afterlife. And, to continue with the living standards one is used to when being on earth. That’s why it is customary for the Torajans to put a gift in the coffin of their ancestors before locking it into a family mausoleum or the traditional stone grave.
To the modern world, this intimacy between the living and the dead may seem perverse. In contrast, abandoning the elders, the sheer number of retirement homes and outsourced tomb care including flower pouring service would shock the Torajans.
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