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Did you know that one of the traditions in Indonesia was born from a love story? I bet you don’t.
So this is a story of Pasola, a traditional war game from Sumba. According to the locals, this tradition was made from a love story of a beautiful widow....

Giving respect to our ancestors could be delivered in various ways and the Torajans have a unique way to respect their ancestors with a ritual called “Ma’ nene,” where they cleaned and put clothes on the dead bodies that have been buried for ten to hundreds...

People from Toraja respect the dead a lot more than anyone else.
They hold festivals, funeral ceremonies, made lots of food, and even create effigies as a representation of the one who passed away.
These effigies are called “Tau-tau”, which means human replicas in the Torajan language. Tau-tau was made from wood or bamboo depending on what their social status was. If they had a low social status, their Tau-tau was made from bamboo, a middle-class...

How do you usually express grief? By crying, angry, shouting, or maybe even staying in a private place alone.
In Indonesia, especially in Papua, one of the tribes called Dani, expresses their sense of loss by cutting their fingers, mostly done by the mothers or the oldest woman in their family. This tradition is called Iki Palek....