#13: Indonesia: Sulawesi April-May 2005

 

Tana Toraja

The cinema in the Pelni ship had a rather narrow selection...

Grooming the fighting rooster

Nice views of the rice fields

Buffalo

Buffalo horns on a Tongkonan house

Lokomata: Stone graves

Batutumonga: View of Rantepao

Idyllic Tana Toraja scenery

Nanggala: Traditional Tongkonan houses with 16 rice barns

Tondon: Funeral ceremony

The casket

Carvings on the Tongkonan house

Pork cooked in bamboo tubes (Pa'piong)

The funeral lunch

Buffalo sacrifice

Slaughter at the funeral

Lemo: Tautau puppets in stone graves

Londa: Hanging graves

Tautau puppets

Inside the Londa burial caves

Ke'tekesu: Traditional Tongkonan houses

Traditional Tongkonan houses

Hanging graves

Skeletons spilling out from the rotting hanging grave coffins

Bat inside the Ke'tekesu burial cave

Bolu: Buffalo market

Tentena

Wedding in Tonusu

Butterfly

Salopa Waterfall

Salopa Waterfall

BBQ bat. Mmmmmh, yummy!

Inside Latea burial cave

Row of skulls in Latea burial cave

Viewpoint: Tentena and Lake Poso

Togean Islands

Ampana: Horse taxi

Sunset at Kadidiri Paradise beach

Sunset at Kadidiri Paradise beach

Our last dinner in Kadidiri Paradise

North Sulawesi

Waruga stone graves: Grave of a midwife

Waruga stone graves

Tangkoko National Park: Tarsiers

Tarsier watching its prey

Tarsier eating cricket

Manado: Bowling with Jan and Katja

Jakarta

Our friends Stephen and Jane

National Monument

The view from the National Monument