Tana Toraja, Indonesia. Ripka died of a liver failure at the age of 52. She is kept in the family's home and fed foid every day until the funeral ceremony takes place. She is not considered dead, a but sick person/dying person (a To Makula) until the first buffalo is sacrified and her spirit and the spirit if the buffalo go to "paradise" (Puya) together. The picture is from 2017. This year I was back, and now the coffin is closed, but it is still kept inside the family's home until the funeral is held. Funeral ceremonies in this area are extremely expensive and families are often saving up money for years to honour the "dead" by prestigous ceremonies. #deadandalive #deadandaliveproject #death #dead #deathrituals #deathrites #culture #anthropology #religion #tanatoraja #sulawesi #indonesia #mementomori #postmortem #animism #funeralrituals https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnna2E6Aplp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nkoe3bekafsc













