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Another component of the ritual is the slaughter of [[domestic buffalo|water buffalo]]. The more powerful the person who died, the more buffalo are slaughtered at the death feast. Buffalo carcasses, including their heads, are usually lined up on a field waiting for their owner, who is in the "sleeping stage". Torajans believe that the deceased will need the buffalo to make the journey and that they will be quicker to arrive at ''Puya'' if they have many buffalo. Slaughtering tens of water buffalo and hundreds of pigs using a [[machete]] is the climax of the elaborate death feast, with dancing and music and young boys who catch spurting blood in long bamboo tubes. Some of the slaughtered animals are given by guests as "gifts", which are carefully noted because they will be considered debts of the deceased's family.[{{cite ]journal|last=Yamashita|first=Shinji|title=Manipulating Ethnic Tradition: The Funeral Ceremony, Tourism, and Television among the Toraja of Sulawesi|journal=Indonesia|volume=58|pages=69–82|date=October 1994|doi=10.2307/3351103|jstor=3351103|issue=58|hdl=1813/54044|hdl-access=free}} However, a [[cockfight]], known as bulangan londong, is an integral part of the [[ceremony]]. As with the sacrifice of the buffalo and the pigs, the cockfight is considered [[sacred]] because it involves the spilling of blood on the earth. In particular, the tradition requires the sacrifice of at least three [[chicken]]s. However, it is common for at least 25 pairs of chickens to be set against each other in the context of the ceremony.[[http://www.incitoprima.com/details.php?catid=5&aid=5 incito tour ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702191516/http://www.incitoprima.com/details.php?catid=5&aid=5 |date=2012-07-02 }} PT. INCITO PRIMA - Re: Funeral Ceremony in Toraja - Authorised by: Department of Law and Human Rights of Republic of Indonesia]
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journal|last=Yamashita|first=Shinji|title=Manipulating Ethnic Tradition: The Funeral Ceremony, Tourism, and Television among the Toraja of Sulawesi|journal=Indonesia|volume=58|pages=69–82|date=October 1994|doi=10.2307/3351103|jstor=3351103|issue=58|hdl=1813/54044|hdl-access=free}} However, a [[cockfight]], known as bulangan londong, is an integral part of the [[ceremony]]. As with the sacrifice of the buffalo and the pigs, the cockfight is considered [[sacred]] because it involves the spilling of blood on the earth. In particular, the tradition requires the sacrifice of at least three [[chicken]]s. However, it is common for at least 25 pairs of chickens to be set against each other in the context of the ceremony.[[http://www.incitoprima.com/details.php?catid=5&aid=5 incito tour ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702191516/http://www.incitoprima.com/details.php?catid=5&aid=5 |date=2012-07-02 }} PT. INCITO PRIMA - Re: Funeral Ceremony in Toraja - Authorised by: Department of Law and Human Rights of Republic of Indonesia] |
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[[File:Toraja Elders.JPG|thumb|Three Toraja elders in traditional dress attending wake ceremony, March 2014]] |
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[[File:Toraja Elders.JPG|thumb|Three Toraja elders in traditional dress attending wake ceremony, March 2014]] |
