Walking Corpse in Tana Toraja

Walking Corpse in Tana Toraaja By Yulianti Santoso executive summary By Darmansjah

Description of photo: It looks like the image is at the beginning of the procession, as if the corpse is running is a taboo for the photo.

Toraja people used to roam the mountainous regions and many of the abyss only by foot. From ancient times until even now remain so. They do not know the cart, wagon, cart, etc.. Well on the way the weight is likely to fall ill and die is always there. Toraja people have great respect for the spirit of every person who died, so that the corpse was not to be left in the area are not known and so as not to bother other people because it certainly is very unlikely to carry the body continuously along the journey that took many days, then with a magic perhaps a kind of hypnotism under the terms of today, the bodies are required to return by foot and only stopped when he had put his body in his own house. Even the dead can know the direction and know which way home!

The corpse is walking on two feet like a man alive. From the way over there is almost no difference to men who are still alive, it's just the walking corpses stiff and somewhat jerky like a robot. And the way that he could not alone but must be accompanied by one person alive who escorted him to arrive at her house.

Despite this prohibition is still there: walking dead should not be touched, called or invited to speak and also photographed. If there is a violation of these restrictions, the bodies will be dropped immediately.