A village known as Toraja in South Sulawesi, Indonesia practices what
many will term 'the most bizarre' ritual ever as villagers every three
years dig up the corpses of loved ones and give them make overs in an
event called the 'Ceremony of Cleaning Corpses'.
As part of the zombie ceremony, even the skeletons of children are
exhumed, damaged coffins are fixed or replaced before the mummies are
walked around the area by following a path of straight lines during the
ritual.
Herman Tandi, 32 dug up the skeletons of his grand parents Jesaya
Tandibua and Yakolina Namanda, brushed their hair and wore them wedding
suits.
In another part of the village, another family dug up the skeleton of
their relative, an army veteran that's been buried for ten years, and
then dressed him in army uniform for the ceremony also known as Ma’nene
ritual before taking 'family' pictures with him.
Another man's skeleton, Paul Sampe Lumba, who has been dead for seven
years, was given glasses, a tie and a striped blazer so he could look
good in the family photo while Ne’Tampo, dead for 30 years receives his
own make over .
The villagers have an ancient belief that a person’s spirit must return
to their place of origin so the more they go to the morgue, the better.
The kind of stories that come out from Asia tho!
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