Traditional, Tana Toraja... exciting and unusual culture in Sulawesi's mountain mists
 |
| Traditional Torajan house decoration |
 |
| Split bamboo, for roofing |
 |
| Hand hewn planks, drying, spaced by wedges of split bamboo |
 |
| Traditional house front |
 |
| Graneries |
 |
| house front, Bantupune |
 |
| Fern covered roof on Torajan house |
 |
| 3 types of Toragan graves, left center tomb carved into cliff face. Center, hanging grave, right side modern Torajan mausoleum style. |
 |
| Hanging grave |
 |
| Baby graves, large tree on right. (Center tree is being tapped for arak, palm wine.) |
 |
| Old coffins, skulls, and bones at bottom of ancient hanging grave site. |
 |
| Village in the mists across the rice paddies |
 |
| Kete Keso |
 |
| Le'bo |
 |
| on the way into Rantapao |
 |
| Ancient cave burial site |
 |
| Skulls, bones and ageing coffins |
 |
| old Torajan burial |
 |
| Coffin detail |
 |
| Waiting for the funeral |
 |
| Chilies |
 |
| dried fish |
 |
| buffalo market, Rantapo |
 |
| Le'bo |
 |
| fishing |
r
No comments:
Post a Comment