Lemo Burial Site

This burial site is located between Makale and Rantepao and is one of the main attractions in Tana Toraja. This site houses several burial chambers carved into a cliff face facing towards a rice field which you can walk through on your way to the exit.

It opened to the public in the 1980s and it belongs to the families in the surrounding community. One thing that is particularly striking about this cliff burial site are the Tau Tau, the carved wooden statues that stand in rows, guarding the chambers behind them. In the ancestral Torajan religion of Aluk Todolo, these statues represent the continuation of the spirit of the deceased after death.