High in the hills of Sulawesi lies Tanah Toraja, an area famed for its elaborate funeral rituals, burial customs and architecture. Any funeral is a huge affair using all the resources of the community. After an adult dies, their body is embalmed, sewn into a red funeral casing and then can be kept in the house for a year or more before being "buried" in a cliff side cave, guarded by effigies of themselves. The bodies of children are sewn into hollow tree trunks.

The houses themselves are shaped rather like overturned boats and decorated with intricate geometric carvings. Unlike most of Indonesia, which is Moslem, and Bali, which is Hindu, Tanah Toraja, contrary to what you might expect, is Christian.