(we published this article in Carta Capital magazine/publicamos esta material na revista Carta Capital) Martha Lobo has been lying in her coffin for some hours. Carved in Austronesian motifs, the coffin rests in the centre of the tongkonan, the traditional funeral shelter with a boat shaped rood. And the tongkonan –coffing, dead body and all [...]
Archive for March 14th, 2010
The celebration of death/A celebração da morte
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Death, Funeral ceremony, Indonesia, Tana Toraja on March 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »




