Dave and i met a young German couple and travelled with them all day yesterday in a mini van with a driver. We saw the traditional burial sites of the Torajan people who are laid to rest inside caves and carved out rocks. We stood beside human bones & skulls & entered a cave on our own with torches where we came across more bones & skulls. I felt like I'd walked onto the set of an Indiana Jones movie. Babies are 'buried' separately. They are placed inside a hand carved hole in a tree and it is believed that they become the tree. Here, death is a real celebration of a life lived and the people work all their lives to save for the funeral costs.
