These events last for several days.
Once enough funds have been collected, the ceremonies can began.
The more powerful the person who died, the more buffalo are slaughtered at the death feast.
Its not uncommon to sacrifice tens of buffaloes and hundreds of pigs.
After the sacrifice, the meat is distributed to the funeral guests.
The grave is usually expensive and takes a few months to complete.
Babies are not buried in caves or hung from cliffs but buried inside the hollow of living trees.
Dozens of babies may be interred within a single tree.
The mummies are then walked around the village like zombies.
Tana Torajas peculiar rituals surrounding the dead today draws thousands of tourists and anthropologists to the island each year.
