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Lost in the mountains of Sulawesi, Indonesia, lives an ethnic community known for their unusual death rituals. For the Toraja people, death is not an end, a final farewell, contrary to popular Western beliefs. The Toraja treat their loved ones as if they were sick (Toma Kula). The family naturally interacts with the deceased, talking to them, offering them cigarettes or food as if they were still alive. Corpses remain there for weeks, months and sometimes even years, depending on the family. The dating of certain coffin samples suggests that this custom may date back over 1,000 years.
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