(The Conversation) — Grief can inspire concrete acts of loyalty and generosity. (The Conversation) — In Tana Toraja, a ...

For the Malagasy community in Madagascar, practising famadihana (dancing with the dead) is an expression of love, respect, and honour for their ancestors ...

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Chris C.F’s observational documentary “Aluk,” which follows three generations of a family in Tana Toraja, Indonesia over seven years as they reckon with the loss of their patriarch and their community ...

Whether you're Hindu, Muslim, Christian, or Sikh, when a person dies, the body is typically buried or cremated. The last rites are performed before the dead body is cast away, never to be seen again.

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In most cultures, when a person dies, their bodies are either burnt or buried in a grave, but people of the Toraja ethnic group live and walk among the dead. It might shock people of other cultures, ...

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