File:Boat-House Mausoleum, Kete Kesu Village, Tana Toraja 1376.jpg
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English: Boat-House Mausoleum. Kete Kesu Village, Tana Toraja Regency.
Sulawesi, Indonesia A modern form of burial in Toraja is to inter the deceased in mausolea such as this. The burial chamber is cylindrical in form, but its cross-section resembles a leaf or a bud from nature. The end of this one is decorated with a sunburst motif, that resembles the Majapahit Sun on Java. The burial chamber is encased in a boat-shaped bier; the "boat house" architecture is ubiquitous in Toraja, unique to that place, and used both in the distant past and today for houses, granaries, and coffins. Traditional sun-and-moon roosters and other decorations are painted underneath the roof, and portrait photographs of the principal deceased couple (other family members may also share the burial chamber) are affixed below the pediment. |
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| Author | Michael Gunther |
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