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在四处临海的Torajan 峡谷，迎来了死亡的季节。大多数葬礼都在夏季晚期大米收获的时候举行，也就是早秋时节。对Torajan 人来说，葬礼是是最重要的仪式。在人死后，真正葬礼要好几个月以后才会举行。
In the isolated Torajan valley, this is the season for death. Most funerals come after the rice harvest in late summer, early fall. For Torajans, funerals are their most important ceremony. After a person dies, months go by before the actual funeral.
家庭的旁枝及峡谷周围的村民都会来以示他们的敬意。对于一个富余家庭，村庄会来几百人。每个村子都会排着长长的队伍带来他们的礼物。家人会带着客人们到迎宾庙，歌唱以表示他们对死者的爱。Mabadong舞是一个召唤仪式，与死者道别，可持续数个小时。
The extended family and villagers from around the valley come to show their respect. For an upper class family, hundreds pour in from the countryside. Each village brings gifts presented in long processions. Family members lead guests to the greeting tempt. Chanting shows love for the dead. The Mabadong dance is a ritual bidding farewell to the deceased and can last for hours.
传统Torajan房子是手工打造的，是家庭仪式和葬礼的举行的主要地点。其文化是混合了基督教与当地传统信仰。只有第一头水牛殉葬后，死者才算真正死去。水牛的灵魂将载着死者去天堂或Puya，跨越南地平线的一段很长的旅途。所有葬礼上所杀的动物都会从此伴随死者。远离的灵魂需要他们。殉葬水牛的数量也能看出这家的继承情况。人们在葬礼上给的越多，他们继承的就越多。
The traditional Torajan house is built by hand, and it's the center of both family rite and the funeral rite. The culture blends Christianity with traditional beliefs. It's only when the first buffalo is sacrificed that the person is considered dead. The buffalo's soul carries the deceased to heaven, or Puya, a long journey past the southern horrizon. All animals killed at the funeral are companying the dead to their hereafter. The departing soul needs them. The number of buffalos sacrificed also determines the family inheritance. The more people give to the ceremony, the more they inherit.
死者的遗体由车队从家带到他们所出生的村子。在最后的路程，棺材是抬进村子的。
The body of the deceased is taken from their home to the village of their birth by motorcade. At the end of the road, the coffin is carried to the village.
在埋葬死者前会摆宴席并并宰杀更多的牲畜，会有人围着棺材跳舞以拖延埋葬。然后这个有300个手工雕刻的棺材将被拖到雨林里，客人在后面跟随，然后被封在远处的山洞里。随着葬礼的结束，Torajan人回到他们宁静的生活，在那片天堂般的土地上继续种植大米，死者将保佑人们有良好的收成。
Before the burial comes a feast and more animal sacrifices, there is a brief dance with the coffin to postpone the burial. Then the coffin, all 300 hand-carved pounds of it, is hauled into the rainforest, followed by the guests and sealed in a remote cave. With the ceremony over, Torajans return to their quiet routine of rice farming in a land where heaven is like earth and the dead confer good crops to the living.
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