The people of Malagasy carrying around corpse during Famadihana - image credit: Google

According to tradition and culture of the people of Malagasy, they believe that the spirit of the dead does not leave the immediately thus settling with the left of the deceased and it is mandated that the family will treat their dead ones with care till the spirit passes into another afterlife after the body must have mixed with the earth.

The Malagasy tribe are the Austronesian ethnic group of the island country of Madagascar which are in two subgroups: the “Highlander” – The Merina

Sihanaka and Betsileo of the central Highlands around Antananarivo, Alaotra and Fianarantsoa, and the Coastal Dwellers elsewhere in the country.

The Famadihana Festival which usually occur in every five to seven years comes up mostly in the dry winter season – June – September and can stay up to a week since to them, is the most important... https://54history.com/during-famadihana-festival-the-malagasy-people-unearth-the-bones-of-their-loved-ones-from-the-grave-rewrap-and-dance-around-the-street-with-the-bones/