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Sunday November 15
Another long drive……started day by taking boat ride to Lake Tempe...which is not really much of a lake any more…it is so choked with water hyacinth and papyrus and weeds…..but the skinny "one butt" wide canoe with a big long tail motor whisked us by the people doing everything on the water…. …
Toraja funerals in the Mountains
After getting off the ferry in Pare Pare a guy led me a bus that was heading to Rantepao in Tana Toraja. Paid 50,000 and the bus left at 2pm. It was a very old bus, no A/C just open windows. It took about 5-6 hours and the scenery was fantastic as we got further into the mountains. When it started to get dark we had a little problem that the lights were stuck on Full beam so he kept blinding other drivers, but not to worry, he just turned them off when another vehicle came towards ...
Le pays Toraja
... s sur une maison élevée, offrant aux défunts le spectacle de leur funérailles. Les 3 toits coiffants les cerceuils, à l'image des maisons traditionnelles, ornent l'entrée du village. Vient alors le sacrifice, réalisé avec profesionnalisme ce qui n'est pas toujours le cas d'après les échos que nous avons. Les bêtes sont dépecées sur place après en avoir ôter la peau, petit cours d'anatomie en direct.
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Indonesia Part 3: Sulawesi - Tana Toraja
... Tana Torja people believe that the person is not really dead until the funeral, known as tomate. But it can take more than a year (on occasion up to 10 years!) before the family has saved enough money to afford the kind of funeral that will send their relative to the next life contented. In the meantime, food is still taken to the deceased, and the family continues to ...
No meh Wasserbüffel und Schwein
... hett. Am Afang hemmer eus druuf igstellt gha, dass mer scho wieder toti Büffel zgseh becho werded, aber zum Glück hend die nur chli dHörner gegenand gschlage. Und wenn eine nüm hett möge, isch er devo grännt. Die Iheimische hend e Schissfreud a dem Kampf gha und sind mit Herz und Bluet debii gsi. Da isch ja gjubled und id Luft gumped worde... Es isch schliesslich au um vel Geld gange, 20 Mio. Rp. hends bote. Im Nachhinein mueni würkli säge, dass ...
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