Sulawesi Surprise!: 'Tau Tau' of a Burial Site!

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The traditional village which we were visiting was not very big. The souvenir shops too were few and small. From the souvenir shops, we walked on and it seemed like it took just a wink before we came face to face with the tau tau of a burial site. Some of these tau tau were huddled and locked up behind grills. I suppose this place was not Londa as I had initially thought. In the net, it has been written that near Rantepao, there is a traditional village with excellent handicraft shops called Kete, behind which is a hillside serving as a gravesite. Here we were, walking towards a hillside and besides tau tau, there seemed to be so many coffins here! This got to be Kete!
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Would you be chilled or thrilled with these?





Traveling Tip: Don't just expect thrills!

Comments

Thomas C B Chua said…
footiam, this is a very........ .. e e r i e place. Did your hair stand on ends ? I would have skipped it altogether from the itinerary . Eeeek....Spooky
August 19, 2010 at 4:59 AM
Thomas C B Chua said…
footiam, btw what are those things behind the grille doors of the 2nd picture? I enlarged it and it looks like people being caged up! Eeee...ee.. another spooky one ! Where you get such courage to see such things?
August 19, 2010 at 5:02 AM
footiam said…
That's tau tau, effigies to represent the dead. Seeing it in broad daylight isn't that frightening. I don't think I want to walk there at night.
August 22, 2010 at 2:06 AM
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