I See Dead People | Explorer

I’ve traveled to the remote highlands of
Sulawesi Indonesia to witness the
unusual customs of the people of Toraja
who makes Christianity with ancient
religious beliefs thank you for having
me a part of this okay thank you I just
came to visit I just came to visit your
grandmother
Hulme I got that one yep oh my oh my oh
ma in terrassa after someone’s dead but
before they’re buried they’re considered
to be sick or still sleeping so keeping
them at home until the burial is a
common thing that gives families time to
plan and save money for an elaborate
send-off ceremony so this is the family
welcome to my casa
okay very very beautiful the way she’s
dressed yeah this uh typical Torian
dress how long has she been sleeping for
four days four days the ancestral
village of kETK who is home to stone
caves where the dead are ultimately laid
to rest I was prepared for a profound
spiritual moment but as it turns out so
are a lot of other people and um okay
thank you
I was actually under the impression that
this was a you know sacred and remote
and I was actually a bit taken back to
see so many other tourists it was like
Disney World for the dead there turned
out to be people here from all over the
world what did you come to Tasha for it
was very nice could you imagine tourists
coming to your funerals no no no lots
nothing this way even Katarina who
welcomed me into her home earlier turns
out she works in the tourism industry as
well at a booth that sells death related
souvenirs you wanna dance and then you
use the head and your head show me
around show me all the things you’ve got
tell me something or why are there so
many knives here sacrified side of the
glass no you kill a buffalo with one
yeah this is a sarong that we wear at
the funerals yeah
let’s get this buffalo head to go select
got to go it’s pretty clear Trojans have
made some of their traditions into an
entire tourist industry