Toraja Architecture, photograph by Charuhas. The Toraja are an ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Tana Toraja (South Sulawesi, Indonesia): Land of Heavenly Kings
Tana Toraja 'Life revolves around death in this countryside of rice terraces, boat-shaped roofs and doe-eyed buffalo. Tana Torajan funeral ceremonies last days, and involve countless animal sacrifices for the upper classes.
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the small square holes are for the coffins, and Tau-Tau above are symbolization of the deceased. Traditional cemetery of Lemo.
Ceremonial House with Buffalo Heads, Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Tana Toraja, Indonesia Cuernos de búfalo sacrificados en honor a un difunto
Tongkonan at Tanah Toraja (Photo source: indonesia.
Indonesia, Sulawesi, Tana Toraja, Marante village, traditional house known as tongkonan with intricate hand-carved and painted wooden wall panels and a dragon figure above a water buffalo head replica. Water buffaloes are sacrificed at funeral ceremonies.
13 / 38 Next SULAWESI Of the many burial sites in Tana Toraja, none is as poignant as the baby graves in the village of Kambira, where infants are entombed in the trunks of Tarra trees.
