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Pictures of torajaland [last update 2011-12-25]


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Food preparation for a funeral



Children in Tikala


Man carving wood souvenirs at Ketu Kese (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Man carving wood souvenirs at Ketu Kese

(Indonesia)


Skull on rock at Ketu Kese


Placenta burial sites (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Placenta burial sites

(Indonesia)

Motorbike covered with leaves to keep it cool (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Motorbike covered with leaves to keep it cool

(Indonesia)


Flowers on cross at burial site in Londa Nanggala cave



Sweet potato leaves



Pig ready for slaughter



Rice fields



Modern Toraja home near Tikala village



Rice fields with Rantepao in background



Dung beetle with orange antennae



Woman weaving silk in Rantepao


Blacksmiths working with metal (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Blacksmiths working with metal

(Indonesia)


Mother with kids in doorway of home near Tikala



Tourist walking across a levy in a rice field


Wood and grass home (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Wood and grass home

(Indonesia)


Silk weaver in Rantepao



Hut in a rice field



Coffins at Londa Nanggala



Infant / baby grave tree at Sarapung


Ketu Kese (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Ketu Kese

(Indonesia)


Effigies of deceased at Lemo


Drying rice at Palawa (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Drying rice at Palawa

(Indonesia)


Stone tomb at Pana


Man selling durian fruit from his motorbike (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Man selling durian fruit from his motorbike

(Indonesia)


Rice fields of Batutomonga



Blacksmiths hammering white-hot metal for machetes



Woman working in rice paddy



Woman working in muddy rice paddy



Coffee fruit






Melons at vegetable market in Rantepao



Rooster pecking at carrots in Rantepao market



Coffins at Londa Nanggala



Toraja wedding



Woman planting in rice field


Central market in Rantepao (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Central market in Rantepao

(Indonesia)


Tongkonan nen carrying hog for slaughter at funeral


Steer in rice field (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Steer in rice field

(Indonesia)


View over Rantepao


Center of Rantepao (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Center of Rantepao

(Indonesia)


Stone graves hewn out of a giant granite boulder at the village of Pana



Rice fields at Lemo



Teak farm in Sulawesi for reforestation


Leaf covered motorcycle (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Leaf covered motorcycle

(Indonesia)


Coffins in cave at Londa Nanggala



Rice fields near Batutomonga village



Woman spinning silk in Rantepao



Toraja children playing with bubbles



Gate to Torajaland



Tombs in cliffs at Londa Nanggala



Central market in Rantepao



Roosters for sale at market in Rantepao


Ferns growing on roof of house in Ketu Kese (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Ferns growing on roof of house in Ketu Kese

(Indonesia)


Terraced rice paddies of Batutomonga



Tomb carved in giant granite rock at Pana



Wooden coffin carved in the shape of a hog



Carved wood walls at Ketu Kese



Steer in rice field



Little girls playing with bubbles in Pana


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