The Toraja people of Sulawesi, another island in Indonesia, are particularly known for their funerary rites. They call their local beliefs “aluk,” which means “the way of the ancestors” (hence adat).As elsewhere in Indonesia, they traditionally practiced animistic rites. In this case, they also adopted Christianity during the colonial era, but many continue to follow their ancestral ritual practices.These practices provide an example of ritualized reburial and exposing the body to the elements as an aspect of the burial process.The Toraja people live in the upland areas of the island.The Toraja have bilateral kinship, which means that they can inherit wealth from both parents. Most societies are just patrilineal or matrilineal, so this is unusual.In Toraja society, ritualized exchange is important. For example, they exchange pigs and water buffalo to affirm family ties.Along with this exchange practice, the people share residence in houses passed down from their ancestors.Their social relations, affirmed through rituals of exchange, determine what one does within the social hierarchy. For instance, social rituals determined where one could sit in the home, and who could pour wine, or who would wrap the body of a deceased person, and so forth.