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Corpse lives with family /

In the village of Toraja, Indonesia, animistic tradition dictates that corpses live with families until they can be buried in lavish funerals. In the meantime, the family treats the corpse as if it is still a living person.

Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2015]
Subjects:
Dead.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Indonesia > Tana Toraja.
Burial > Indonesia > Tana Toraja.
Mourning customs > Indonesia > Tana Toraja.
Death > Social aspects.
Morts.
Mort > Aspect social.
Burial.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Mourning customs.
Indonesia > Tana Toraja.
Ethnographic films.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:In the village of Toraja, Indonesia, animistic tradition dictates that corpses live with families until they can be buried in lavish funerals. In the meantime, the family treats the corpse as if it is still a living person.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed July 20, 2017).
Physical Description:1 online resource (4 min.)
Playing Time:00:04:11