Kids English, Ghosts of Sulawesi (part 1)

The island of Sulawesi, the orchidshaped island, is home to an ethnic group that has managed to remain oblivious to all the settlements, are the Toraja, members of a partnership holding their ancestral beliefs and customs. In this fiercely hierarchical community s own religious beliefs, the Aluk To Dolo, have their maximum expression in the funeral rites. In the course of this chapter we will develop one of these ceremonies in honor of an important member of the community Toraja. The deceased s body has