What are the Torajan tau taus?
A) Handmade effigies (like dolls) believed to contain the spirits of dead nobles
B) Large, life-size pots that are made by women specifically as effigies (containers for the dead, like urns)
C) Large wooden carvings of the burial cliffs from which the dead are thrown
D) Ceremonial masks worn during the tongkonan (burial dance)
E) Very large, flowing dresses and capes that they use to bury the dead
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