Living TRAVEL - INDONESIA

Sulawesi - Toraja Funeral
   


Village preparing for funeral of tribal chief
after 6 months "lying in state"
 

 

The coffin - behind the girl
 

Pig on the way to the knife in the heart
 

Catching the blood from the screeching pig
 

Palm wine for the celebrations
 

The second of three very expensive buffalo being killed by a slash to the throat
 

Catching the blood from the dying buffalo
 

 

Skinning the buffalo
 

 

Putting meat and blood in a cooking pot
 

Enjoying the feast


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