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Pa'gellu dance performance in Tana Toraja. Traditional song and dance at a funeral in Tana Toraja. Torajans perform dances on several occasions, most often during their elaborate funeral ceremonies. They dance to express their grief, and to honour and even cheer the deceased person because he is going to have a long journey in the afterlife.
At the 1985 synod of Toraja Church in Palopo people debated if Protestant Toraja could have tau tau at their funerals. [ 4 ] Torajans believe that the dead can take their possessions with them to the after life, the effigies are usually equipped with small possessions.
Funerals tend to be celebrated by Tana Toraja people, typically lasting days to even weeks long. Death is seen as a transformation, rather than a private loss. [37] A Torajan is not considered 'dead' until their family members are able to collect the resources necessary to hold a funeral that expresses the status of the deceased.
Tana Toraja (lit. 'Toraja Land' in Toraja language) is a landlocked regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, and home to the Toraja ethnic group. It covers an area of 2,054.30 km 2 (793.17 sq mi) and had a population of 221,081 at the 2010 census [3] and 280,794 at the 2020 census; [4] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 291,046 (comprising 150,655 males and 140,391 females), [5 ...
Faith 2: Christianity and Ancestor worship – Attends a funeral rite performed by the Tana Toraja people of Sulawesi, Indonesia and reflects on their relationship with the dead. Faith 3: Catholic Carabao festival: Visits the annual town festival of Pulilan, Bulacan, Philippines in honour of the town's patron saint, San Isidro Labrador.
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