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The Living Dead: How The Toraja People Of Indonesia Honor Their Deceased During Ma'nene' Rituals

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The Toraja people of southern Sulawesi, one of Indonesia’s largest islands, are known for their elaborate death rituals, which include preserving and exhuming the dead. Some Torajans continue their relationship with the dead through a ma'nene' ceremony, a type of "second funeral" in which families bring out their ancestors every few years and change their clothes and clean their bodies and crypts. Torajans invest vast sums of time and money on the funerals (and subsequent rites) of their loved ones.

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