Die Geister der Toraja

Summary Before the dawn of human memory, the legend of one of the most enigmatic peoples on Earth tells us that their ancestors came from the stars to Earth in celestial ships. We are with the Toraja people on Sulawesi, an island somewhere between Borneo and the Moluccas. Sulawesi, the old Celebes, was long regarded as the "island of the infamous" and was a pirate base in the South Pacific for almost 300 years. Feared bounty hunters were the Toraja until 200 years ago and still today "aluk todolo", the old religion, determines the life of the jungle people. If a tribe member dies, so the belief, he sees the light of the stars, the home of his ancestors. Everyone wants to go back there, but only the souls of the dead find admission to "Puya", the realm of the blessed. "Pasta Mati" begins, a centuries-old ritual of the "Star People," a kind of "ascension" of the Toraja soul into the kingdom of light.

S4.E10 ∙ Die Geister der Toraja

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Richard Gere The Dalai Lama

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Genres : Documentary

Countries of origin : Germany

Official sites : https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7169/414839

Language : German

Production companies : Martin Thoma Film- und Fernsehproduktion Haberci Productions

Summary Before the dawn of human memory, the legend of one of the most enigmatic peoples on Earth tells us that their ancestors came from the stars to Earth in celestial ships. We are with the Toraja people on Sulawesi, an island somewhere between Borneo and the Moluccas. Sulawesi, the old Celebes, was long regarded as the "island of the infamous" and was a pirate base in the South Pacific for almost 300 years. Feared bounty hunters were the Toraja until 200 years ago and still today "aluk todolo", the old religion, determines the life of the jungle people. If a tribe member dies, so the belief, he sees the light of the stars, the home of his ancestors. Everyone wants to go back there, but only the souls of the dead find admission to "Puya", the realm of the blessed. "Pasta Mati" begins, a centuries-old ritual of the "Star People," a kind of "ascension" of the Toraja soul into the kingdom of light.

Details

Genres : Documentary

Countries of origin : Germany

Official sites : https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7169/414839

Language : German

Production companies : Martin Thoma Film- und Fernsehproduktion Haberci Productions

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