Damaged coffins are fixed or replaced before the mummies are walked around the area by following a path of straight lines during the ritual, called Ma'nene, or The Ceremony of Cleaning Corpses.These fascinating pictures show an annual ritual where villagers dig up the bodies of their dead relatives before washing, grooming and dressing them up in fancy new clothes.Families in the Indonesian province of Toraja in South Sulawesi perform the act to keep their relatives alive in their hearts and minds.Villagers show their love for dead relatives by digging them up and dressing them in fresh clothes for a bizarre ritual.
The skeletons of Jesaya Tandibua and Yakolina Namanda had hair brushed by grandson Herman Tandi, 32, after they were decked out in wedding outfits.
Nearby an army veteran, dead for a decade, was dressed in uniform for the Ma’nene ritual, or Ceremony of Cleaning Corpses, which takes place in Toraja, Indonesia, every three years.
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Some bizzare and wonder practices by the human race!
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