To outsiders the idea of keeping a dead person's body on show at home feels quite alien. Yet, for more than a million people from the Toraja region of Sulawesi it's a tradition dating back centuries. Here, animist beliefs blur the line between this world and the next, making the dead very much present in the world of the living. Until the funeral actually takes place in the cliffs- the dead are considered "sick" and they are given food and drink at least twice a day.
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| Grandpa is "sick" for the past 5 months |
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| Grandma has been "sick" for five years |
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