在托雅，婚礼和分娩并不是使社会交织在一起的社会集会。在这个印度尼西亚的一部分，盛大以及喧闹的葬礼组成了社会生活的中心。人类学家凯里·施瓦泽介绍说，在这种文化中，逝去亲戚的尸体在死亡之后很多年被家人亲切照顾。对于西方对于死亡的敏感性来说，这听起来很奇怪，她说，这实际上是对于与挚爱的关系并不随着呼吸的停止而终止事实的真实体现。

生命并不因死亡终止

Toraja society in Indonesia treats death not as a singular moment, but as a long, shared process woven into daily existence. Funerals, lasting days or even weeks, are the most important social events, and families sometimes live with and care for the bodies of their deceased for years. This approach blurs the line between life and death, seeing relationships as continuing beyond a person's final breath. By making death visible and communal, the Torajans create deeper connections among the living and with their ancestors.