Sulawesi Language Alliance

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The Death Ritual of the To Wiau

Resource File: 
Description: 
This article documents the traditional funerary practices of the To Wiau, a small people group of interior southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, from when a person died until the final internment of their remains in the Alo-alo mortuary cave. The trip to the cave and the elaborate festivities that preceded it took place only once every few years and were a major celebration in the collective life of the To Wiau.
Series: 
Sulang Language Data and Working Papers: Translations from the Dutch
Series Number: 
022
Publisher: 
Sulawesi Language Alliance
Year Published: 
2020
Subject Language(s): 
Tolaki
ISO 639-3: 
lbw
Publication Language(s): 
English
Contributor(s): 
Gouweloos, Michiel Johannes
author
Hoek, Nico
translator
Osinga, Margaret
translator
Mead, David
editor
Source: 
Gouweloos, M. J. 1937. Het doodenritueel bij de To Wiaoe. Tijdschrift voor Zendingswetenschap "Mededeelingen" 81:19–46. Original pagination is indicated by including the page number in square brackets, e.g. [p. 19].
Acknowledgements: 
This translation was facilitated by Wycliffe Associates UK.
Version History: 
Version 1 [17 August 2020] Translated 1994; prepared for online publication April and August 2020.
File Description: 
Scanned version of the original Dutch article
License: 
All Rights Reserved


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