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Children dressed in funeral costume.  
   

Children dressed in funeral costume.

From an early age the children get used to seeing this carnage.
Beware if you're squeamish! Buffalo Carnage!

February 26th 2011
The second day of a Torajan funeral ceremony. As we drove to the site of the funeral our guide explained to us that the site would have taken several weeks to prepare. It consisted of bamboo structures erected on stilts with colourful roofs over them, decorated with equally colourful drapes. They were arranged around a square area of rough earth. One structure was smaller and higher than the r ... read more
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Indonesian Flag 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
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