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Tana Toraja: Four Funerals and a Wedding

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July 15th 2007
Shortly after writing my last blog I hopped on a bus to Tana Toraja: an area filled with beautiful mountains and a strange culture. On the bus I met an Oil executive from Jakarta who was returning to his village to attend his friends fathers 50 buffalo funeral and he invited me to come. Funerals in Tana Toraja are the most interesting part of a very interesting culture. While most Torajans ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Sulawesi

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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