This is Tana Toraja, also known as "The Land of the Dead" In the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the Torajan people have some of the music elaborate funeral rituals on the planet.

In a custom that many foreigners find shocking, the Toraja people keep their dead relatives at home, feeding and cuddling their bodies. Then, when they are finally buried, they dig them up once a year for a celebration.

In a mountainous area of Indonesia, the Toraja people mummify the bodies of the deceased and care for their preserved bodies as though they are still living. The Torajan people believe that after death the soul remains in the house so the dead are treated to food, clothing, water, cigarettes.

Their skin and flesh are preserved from decaying and rotting - which begins within days of death - by a coating of formaldehyde and water. The stench is strong, so the family store dried plants beside the body to mask the odour.

For the community, a well-preserved body brings good fortune so family go to great lengths to ensure those who have died remain in the best possible shape. Torajans learn from a very young age to deal with death and to accept it as part of the journey.

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