Indonesia Sulawesi Tana toraja buffalos are being slaugtered with a long blad knife as it is believed that the soul of the deceased will ride the souls of the slaughtered buffalo s to the next world The trip to Puya the afterworld requiers a strong buffaloe bicause the long and difficault journey involoves crossing hundreds of mountains and thousands of valleys The more important the deceased the more buffaloes must be sacrifised In big ceremonies more than handred baffaloes ca be sacrifised
Indonesia Sulawesi Tana toraja buffalos are being slaugtered with a long blad knife as it is believed that the soul of the deceased will ride the souls of the slaughtered buffalo s to the next world The trip to Puya the afterworld requiers a strong buffaloe bicause the long and difficault journey involoves crossing hundreds of mountains and thousands of valleys The more important the deceased the more buffaloes must be sacrifised In big ceremonies more than handred baffaloes ca be sacrifised
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