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Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (December 11, 1810 – May 2, 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century). The novel was based on his celebrated affair with the writer George Sand. De Musset was a republican. He opposed the July Revolution of 1830 due to its violence. His play "Lorenzaccio" uses the events in sixteenth century Florence as political commentary on the events of the July 1830 Revolution and the July Monarchy.

The Toraja (meaning "people of the uplands") are an ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The majority still live in the regency of Tana Toraja ("Land of Toraja"). Torajans are renowned for their elaborate funeral rites, burial sites carved into rocky cliffs, massive peaked-roof traditional houses known as tongkonan, and colorful wood carvings.