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Dancing for the Dead
The dancers are singing the story of "The Dead Person". This kind of dance is reserved for only the most important members of Torajan society. Descendents of the King.
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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... [read more]
The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... [read more] Blog: Sulawesi: "Hey Mister, They're All Gonna Laugh at You"
Date: August 30th 2008
*Note* After a severe and prolonged case of writers block, I have decided that it will do no good to try and force myself to write a new entry. What follows is a collection of postcards that I wrote to an imaginary friend of mine, while traveling through Sulawesi. I hope that you can follow along and make sense of the babble. Ill get my act together one of these days. Hey Suess, long time n ... read more
Date: August 30th 2008
*Note* After a severe and prolonged case of writers block, I have decided that it will do no good to try and force myself to write a new entry. What follows is a collection of postcards that I wrote to an imaginary friend of mine, while traveling through Sulawesi. I hope that you can follow along and make sense of the babble. Ill get my act together one of these days. Hey Suess, long time n ... read more
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