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Dead become un-dead in Indonesia as corpses pulled out of graves for doing THIS…
FirstpostResidents on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island are celebrating the Manene, a ritual in which hundreds of corpses are pulled out and dressed as part of the ritual to honour their spirits and provide offerings Tikala, Indonesia: A family on an Indonesian island poses for a photo with an elderly relative no longer able to smile, while another clan tries to dress one of their eldest forebears in khakis and a shirt. Hundreds of corpses are pulled out and dressed in the village of Torea as part of the ritual to honour their spirits and provide offerings. “When we do Manene, we would start by opening the grave chamber and cleaning it and its surrounding area,” one of the family members, Sulle Tosae, told AFP. “The offerings are a symbol of gratitude from the children and grandchildren to the departed ones,” Torea village head Rahman Badus told AFP.
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