PHOTOS: The Dead Live With Their Loved Ones On This Indonesian Island

September 29, 2019
Suande, whose uncle died a month previously, lays a cloth over his coffin on the eve of the funeral.

The Toraja people of Indonesia keep the preserved bodies of their deceased relatives at home for years. They're saving up for a big funeral. But there's a deeper reason for the custom.

(Image credit: Tommy Trenchard and Aurélie Marrier d'Unienville )



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