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Funeral Season - 021

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:00:04 -0800

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Relatives of the dead climb up to the coffin - it will be taken down and then carried around the village in a procession.

Funeral Season - 025

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:01:22 -0800

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Singing religious songs.

Funeral Season - 030

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:03:08 -0800

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Playing with fighting beetles. Nearby, the funeral ceremony takes place.

Funeral Season - 023

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:00:37 -0800

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On one of the days of the funeral men carry the coffin in a cheerful procession around the village.

Funeral Season - 022

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:00:16 -0800

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The procession.

Funeral Season - 032

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:03:38 -0800

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The Catholic funeral service before the burial. Although most of Torajans are Catholics and Protestants they still cultivate an old traditions.

Funeral Season - 019

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:59:06 -0800

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Posing for a photograph in front of the coffin.

Funeral Season - 016

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:11:38 -0800

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Boys in traditional Torajan clothes.

Funeral Season - 035

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:04:27 -0800

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An old coffin placed in a cave many years ago.

Funeral Season - 026

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:01:38 -0800

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Ethnic Torajan in traditional clothes.

Funeral Season - 034

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:04:16 -0800

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There are several types of graves used in Toraja culture. One of them is digged in a rock. The statues representing the deceased are put in the grave together with a coffin or placed on a balcony nearby.

Funeral Season - 029

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:02:55 -0800

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Gambling during a bull fighting event which is a part of a funeral ceremonies. One of the gamblers got agry after he mistakenly bet on a wrong animal and lost the money.

Funeral Season - 031

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:03:19 -0800

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The young woman mourns over her dead father. This is the last day of the all ceremony. The coffin is going to be closed and carried to a burial place.

Funeral Season - 027

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:01:55 -0800

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A performer hired for the funeral to entertain people.

Funeral Season - 033

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:03:50 -0800

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People looking at the coffin and the statue placed in a tomb.

Funeral Season - 024

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:00:57 -0800

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On one of the days of the funeral men carry the coffin in a cheerful procession around the village. Every few minutes they drop it on the ground and start kicking themselves or splashing each other with water. Such fights are accompanied by screams and shouts. After a short time of fun boys pick up the coffin again and continue the procession.

Funeral Season - 028

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:02:42 -0800

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Bull fighting - one of the events of a funeral.

Funeral Season - 036

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:04:38 -0800

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The end of a day. A Torajan villager in front of his house.

Funeral Season - 017

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:58:18 -0800

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Carrying coffee for guests.

Funeral Season - 020

nobody@flickr.com (gkomar) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:59:30 -0800

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Welcoming family members and guests.