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Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by bizzai(f): 4:48am On Nov 21, 2015
In Indonesia, MaiNene is a ritual that involves unearthing, cleaning and re-dressing dead members of the family.

This ritual, according to sources, has been in existence since the past century. The islanders pay homage to their dead relatives by exhuming their corpses, cleaning and dressing them in their desired clothes.

The people of Sulawesi Island, wearing gloves and nose covers, exhume the corpses of their family members for Cleaning of the Corpses Festival. The ritual as reported was embraced by the Toraja and they believe that the spirits would reward them for looking after the dead.

Though old traditions and cultures are still seen within their burial traditions, majority of the those that carry out this practice sees themselves as Christians and were mainly converted after the Dutch settled in that area.
source: http://www.ogbongefriends.com/breakingNews/newsDetails/5074/STRANGE-FESTIVAL-CELEBRATED-BY-DIGGING-UP-DEAD-FAMILY-MEMBERS

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Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by actoor(m): 4:57am On Nov 21, 2015
actoor:
I knew that some part is Asia are mentally ill. Tho, I would have adopt same idea but, most of my ancestors has refuse to Die. sad.
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by gabinogem(m): 4:58am On Nov 21, 2015
Only culture naturally exposes how animalistic humans are... interesting though.

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Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by Nobody: 4:58am On Nov 21, 2015
Very weird and bizarre lol
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by actoor(m): 5:06am On Nov 21, 2015
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by Confessng: 5:18am On Nov 21, 2015
Wow
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by ableguy(m): 6:14am On Nov 21, 2015
End time culture?
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by pillarmaria(m): 12:27pm On Nov 23, 2015
shocked This is terrifying, Even my dad doesn't want to see his late mum in his dream.
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by pillarmaria(m): 12:28pm On Nov 23, 2015
uncle lalasticlala come and see dry meats oo grin
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by pillarmaria(m): 12:30pm On Nov 23, 2015
bigfrancis21 can you see what am seeing?
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by bigfrancis21: 2:36pm On Nov 23, 2015
pillarmaria:
bigfrancis21 can you see what am seeing?

I'm at loss for words but what can I say. cheesy

You know they say no culture is better than the other.
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by Nobody: 10:57pm On Nov 23, 2015
This Ppl are something else though...
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by dosht(f): 1:25pm On Nov 24, 2015
End time corpses
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by edlion57(m): 11:00pm On Nov 24, 2015
What Will der get frm going dis....
Der shld allow the dead to rest...
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by Nobody: 8:50am On Dec 28, 2015
Thats stupidity and madness
Re: Strange! Festival Celebrated By Digging Up Dead Family Members (graphic Photos) by benELOHIM7(m): 10:55pm On Dec 29, 2015
Stop that my friend angry
moffymichael:
Thats stupidity and madness

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