in the land of terrassa a remote region
of Indonesia cliffside effigies and
graves testified to a culture as
fascinated with death as ancient Egypt
funerals are the most important rituals
in their culture here in terrassa
beloved relatives receive their favorite
dishes three times a day even after they
are dead taraji UNS don’t immediately
bury the body of a family member they
keep the embalmed corpse and treat it as
if it is still alive families here
prefer to wait until they can afford to
throw a lavish funeral and that may take
months even years
a goose Lamba is shopping for a gift for
the funeral of his great aunt I’m
looking for the pigs because I’m I’m
going to bring it to the funeral
ceremony was my auntie a goose is great
aunt mrs. mendon dolly pond died almost
a year ago ever since her body has
resided at her family home even in her
casket she is considered sick not dead
mrs. dolly pong was a member of the
noble class and had a large influential
family people here believe her spirit
demands a lavish funeral relatives lift
a massive coffin which resembles a
traditional tirage and house they carry
her almost a mile from her home to the
field where her funeral will take place
it takes three hours for the funeral
procession to reach the ceremony field
for her family and friends this is the
moment when mrs. dolly pong spirit
leaves her body but her spirit will need
help reaching Paradise which they call
Kuya
because of mrs. Dawley pongs noble
status her children are spending
thousands of dollars to give her a
proper funeral the event is so big and
elaborate the family has hired funeral
planners who managed ceremonies
everywhere from the gold leaf decorating
their mother’s coffin to the hired
entertainers the family’s wealth and
prestige are on display suraj ins
believed that the more lavish the
funeral the easier it is for the soul to
reach paradise mrs. dolly Pond children
want their mother’s spirit to have the
same status in Paradise that she enjoyed
on earth to that end they also plan to
sacrifice many water buffalo symbols of
wealth people here believe the more they
send with mrs. dolly pong the easier it
will be for me to enter paradise and the
more blessings her spirit will bestow
upon them before they are sacrificed
buffalo fights provide the funerals most
dramatic entertainment it’s heavy
sometimes it’s dangerous sometimes they
get fever the time has come to send mrs.
dolly ponder transportation to paradise
the mourners sacrifice almost a hundred
Buffalo but the meat won’t go to waste
mourners can take it home finally mrs.
dolly Punk’s family and friends are
ready to bid farewell to her spirit the
family prepares her body for its final
resting place in a cliffside mausoleum
the family quietly enters the body they
sealed the tomb against grave robbers
nearly a year after her physical death
mrs. Dolly ponk finally rests in peace
and her community has forged new bonds
for the future
of Indonesia cliffside effigies and
graves testified to a culture as
fascinated with death as ancient Egypt
funerals are the most important rituals
in their culture here in terrassa
beloved relatives receive their favorite
dishes three times a day even after they
are dead taraji UNS don’t immediately
bury the body of a family member they
keep the embalmed corpse and treat it as
if it is still alive families here
prefer to wait until they can afford to
throw a lavish funeral and that may take
months even years
a goose Lamba is shopping for a gift for
the funeral of his great aunt I’m
looking for the pigs because I’m I’m
going to bring it to the funeral
ceremony was my auntie a goose is great
aunt mrs. mendon dolly pond died almost
a year ago ever since her body has
resided at her family home even in her
casket she is considered sick not dead
mrs. dolly pong was a member of the
noble class and had a large influential
family people here believe her spirit
demands a lavish funeral relatives lift
a massive coffin which resembles a
traditional tirage and house they carry
her almost a mile from her home to the
field where her funeral will take place
it takes three hours for the funeral
procession to reach the ceremony field
for her family and friends this is the
moment when mrs. dolly pong spirit
leaves her body but her spirit will need
help reaching Paradise which they call
Kuya
because of mrs. Dawley pongs noble
status her children are spending
thousands of dollars to give her a
proper funeral the event is so big and
elaborate the family has hired funeral
planners who managed ceremonies
everywhere from the gold leaf decorating
their mother’s coffin to the hired
entertainers the family’s wealth and
prestige are on display suraj ins
believed that the more lavish the
funeral the easier it is for the soul to
reach paradise mrs. dolly Pond children
want their mother’s spirit to have the
same status in Paradise that she enjoyed
on earth to that end they also plan to
sacrifice many water buffalo symbols of
wealth people here believe the more they
send with mrs. dolly pong the easier it
will be for me to enter paradise and the
more blessings her spirit will bestow
upon them before they are sacrificed
buffalo fights provide the funerals most
dramatic entertainment it’s heavy
sometimes it’s dangerous sometimes they
get fever the time has come to send mrs.
dolly ponder transportation to paradise
the mourners sacrifice almost a hundred
Buffalo but the meat won’t go to waste
mourners can take it home finally mrs.
dolly Punk’s family and friends are
ready to bid farewell to her spirit the
family prepares her body for its final
resting place in a cliffside mausoleum
the family quietly enters the body they
sealed the tomb against grave robbers
nearly a year after her physical death
mrs. Dolly ponk finally rests in peace
and her community has forged new bonds
for the future
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