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Living with the dead: Indonesia’s Torajans downsize burials amid pandemic

  • The Torajas inhabit two administrative areas — the North Toraja and Tana Toraja regencies — in the South Sulawesi province
  • A burial ceremony is central to the lives of the Toraja ethnic group
By ISMIRA LUTFIA TISNADIBRATA ·
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Journey to the afterlife: Indonesia’s Toraja live among the dead

By AFP ·

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