https://www.scmp.com/rss/325480/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Talking, or even thinking about the subject may be considered taboo for many of us, but for the Toraja, death is a lifelong preoccupation. Warning: This story contains graphic images. An ethnic group indige­nous to the mountainous Pangala region of Indonesia’s South Sulawesi, about 800km northeast of Bali, the Toraja are nominally Christian – mostly protes­tant, but also Catholic – thanks to the influence of Dutch colonial missionaries. But they learn from a young age to accept death as part of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2115027/living-corpses-how-indonesias-toraja-people-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2115027/living-corpses-how-indonesias-toraja-people-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Oct 2017 00:18:02 +0000