The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

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Lemo Rock Burial Site

Lemo, Makale Utara, Tana Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia Indigenous ancestral tradition

Toraja cliff tombs with carved niches and tau-tau funerary figures, a major destination for ancestral heritage tourism.