A faded photograph looks like a ghost haunting a family tomb in Bori’ Parinding, Tana Toraja, Indonesia.
Bori’ Parinding is a fascinating religious site that includes dozens of graves and ceremonial grounds where death rituals are performed.
In Toraja, locals believe that no one really dies.
Torajans believe the departed continue to watch over their families as deified ancestors.
Because it would be inappropriate to bury the dead beneath the ground, locals are traditionally interred in large family coffins that are placed in tombs, natural caves, or on wooden stakes hammered into the side of a cliff.
Portraits of the dead are often placed outside tombs. But after years exposed to the elements, most of them are faded and blurred.
