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The Buffalo in the Culture of the Toraja Ethnic Group of Sulawesi

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2011

Abstract

The article discusses the role of the buffalo in the culture of the Toraja people. It focuses on the ways in which this animal influences the form of fu-neral rites as well as the shifts in the practice of funeral rites at the present time, when most Toraja people are Christians.