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Extraordinary Rituals – Toraja Death Rites

Project Summary

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Genre
Documentary
Featured Content
Ceremony, Culture, Death, Funeral
Islands
Sulawesi
Regions
South Sulawesi
Narrator

Simon Reeve

Producers

Claire Thompson

Tuppence Stone

Director

Rob Sullivan

Camera Operators

Matthew Allard

Sound Recordists

Nick Allinson

Other Crew

Djuna Bewley

Dian Hardianto

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FORMAT

TV Series

RELEASED

2017

EPISODE

S1E1

TITLE

Circle of Life

Overview

Explores the spectacular and emotional world of rituals.

In This Episode

Incredible ceremonies to mark our journey through life with birth, marriage and death.

In This Sequence

Torajan Funeral and Ma'nene Ceremony

Jungle Run Production Services

A deep dive recce together with cherished contacts in Toraja cultivated unique access for the most elaborate funeral ceremony on Earth, as well as a rare Ma'nene ritual, in which families unearth and dust off deceased loved ones for a day of reunion.

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Locations

Sulawesi

South Sulawesi

Toraja

Production Companies

The Open University
Bbc studios l
BBC Studios

Distributors

Polyband
BBC Two
BBC Two
Bbc studios l
BBC Studios