Hotel Pison

Rantepao, Sulawesi, Indonesia | Hotel

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Le pays Toraja

A travel blog entry by davidlaurent

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... nombre de buffles sacrifiés ; j'en ai vu 2, demain il y en aura 7, la semaine passée une vingtaine.... bref ça tourne à la boucherie! La possession de buffles est symbole de richesse et de pouvoir, nous voyons même un buffle albinos très prisé, dont le prix peut atteindre jusqu'à 7000€.

Après avoir assisté à la danse du cheval, nous mangeons le cochon bouilli, sans doute sacrifié la veille. Les 3 cerceuils ...

Indonesia Part 3: Sulawesi - Tana Toraja

A travel blog entry by seanandnyssa

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... in the heart of Tana Toraja country. This is one of the most fascinating areas we have ever visited. The culture of this region centres on death, and funerals are the biggest occasions in the social calendar – bigger than weddings. When someone dies, their bodies are treated to preserve them and they are installed in a room in the house, as if they are merely ...

No meh Wasserbüffel und Schwein

A travel blog entry by jacqueline-k

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... ter sett afange. Mer hend ja es Glück! Unglücklicherwiis hemmer 4 Stunde gwarted, wel öpper vo de Regierig au hett welle debii sii, aber de no a de Beerdigung gsi isch. Zum Ziit vertriibe hemmer Denk- und Chartespieli gspielt und fasch e ganzi Grapefruit verdruckt. Wo mer sChartespieli füregno hend, hett sich scho bald en grosse Chreis um eus versammled und all hend gspannt zueglueged. Mer sind sehr froh gsi, wo denn endlich mal de ...

De Tod im Mittelpunkt

A travel blog entry by jacqueline-k

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... Ruin.  Je riicher mer isch, desto meh Wasserbüffel werded g'opfered. Wasserbüffel bedüüted Macht und Riichtum. So es Tier choschted 100-200 Mio. Rupie (ca. 1200-2300 Franke). Hüt sind 5 Büffel vor eusne Auge gschlachted worde und morn werdeds nomal 20. DLorena und ich sind starch gsi und hend zuegluegt (dLorena no meh wie ich). S'Schlachte, s'Hüüte und Orgän useneh isch ned mal so schlimm gsi. Was schlimmer gsi isch, isch zghöre, wie die Säu um ehres ...

Funerals R Us

A travel blog entry by tdv95

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... at first but it did bring back memories of walking in and out of the offices of a couple of the executives at my most recent workplace).

The soul of the deceased is thought to linger around the village until the funeral ceremony is completed. The second funeral is typically the bigger deal of the two and can run from two days to a week and although they are village affairs, they are also open to anyone as part of Torajan hospitality. And since ...

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