Here mourning is not celebrated when people die, this is done with corpses [ Photos ]

KATHMANDU: SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 – Losing a loved one is not easy for anyone. It is natural to mourn the death of a relative. But there is also a place in the world where people die, not mourn.

The Toraja indigenous community in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province celebrates the death of a loved one. The way and place of expressing grief is completely different here. Toraja people are the indigenous people who live in highland of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The word Toraja comes from the Bugis language’s to riaja, meaning “people of the uplands”

The people of this community love their people so much that they cannot separate even after death. Even the dead are considered alive. The dead are treated as if they were living. The corpse is dressed, embellished and even photographed with the corpse like a normal human being. Also, a special ceremony is organized for this purpose.

Funerals are generally performed after death. But the people of this community do not consider the corpse to be a corpse even after death. The corpse remains a part of the family. The corpse is kept in the house in the same way as a person lives before death. The body of the deceased is considered a sick person and is treated as such.

The body is exhumed once a year. A special festival is celebrated by decorating. Such an annual celebration is said to be considered. A special hole is drilled in the stone to hold the body. Where the body is kept safely.

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