4. What happened to Grandpa's 5 poinbody several days before the
ceremony?
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Last month my family and I went to Toraja to attend Grandpa's funeral. It was my
first time to go to such a ceremony. We gathered there with our kin in the ceremony.
Overall, the ceremony was quite elaborate. It took about a week. Several days
before the ceremony was done, grandpa's body was kept in a series of houses arranged in
a circular row around an open field called tongkonan His corpse was dressed in a fine
wearing
The funeral was performed in two phases. First, we slaughtered the pigs and
buffaloes, and then moved the corpse to face north. In this ceremony we wore black clothes.
After that, the corpse was placed in a sandal wood coffin, Then, it was brought out of the
house and placed on an open platform beneath the granary.
Meanwhile, my uncle, my brother, and I prepared the wooden puppet and a funeral
tower called lakian. The next phase of the ceremony was held in this place. The coffin is
bome from the house and placed in the lakian. During the day, there were also buffalo
matches. They were great matches. In the night, we were feasting, chanting, and dancing.​