Indonesian villagers dig up their ancestors
every three years and dress them in new clothes in ancient ritual to
show love and respect.
A grandson combs the hair of his dead grandparents during the Ma'nene ritual which takes place every three years
According to a shocking report by Dailymail,
the villagers exhume their dead, who they wash and dress in fresh
clothes and then pose for family photographs in a festival known as
Ma'nene.
It was gathered that the ritual, which translates as 'The Ceremony of Cleaning Corpses,'
has been going for more than a century, and is regarded as one of the
most important events in the lives of the Torajan people, an ethnic
group indigenous to the mountainous region of Tana Toraja, is the
funeral.
Another important element of the Ma'nene festival is replacing and
repairing the coffins to stop bodies from decomposing. They are dug up
every three years, admired by loved ones and dressed in different
clothing.
The Torajan people live high in the mountains of Sulawesi in
Indonesia. In the Torajan belief system, death is not a final step, but
just one step in an ongoing spiritual life.
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