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local girls in traditional dress.

REGIONAL BELIEFS

Hemmed in on all sides by mountains, the people of Mamasa and Tana Toraja

were protected and isolated enough that their elaborate cultures could take form.

Dutch Christian missionaries arrived in the early 1900s but had better luck in

Mamasa than Tana Toraja. Today, the groups are mostly Christian but hold on to

many animist beliefs, as seen in funerals that include buffalo sacrifices, dances and

feasts.

ORIENTATION

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