For the locals in this Indonesian village, the Rambu Solo ritual is a very important part of their lives.
The Mirror recently posted pictures of the “village of the dead” where families will dig up the bodies of their loved ones to wash their bones and put on new clothes. People in a village in the mountains of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
According to National Geographic, this custom probably started in the 1900s, through which family members not only pay their respects to the deceased but also a ritual to ask for blessings for the fresh land. good, bountiful crops. Every three years, people dig up the bodies of the deceased. They will give the remains beautiful costumes, then carry their relatives to parade in the village.
The bodies of loved ones will stay in the house for several years until the family throws a big party.
A woman holds a photograph of her husband.
For the Torajan people, funerals are considered a very important ritual for the people here. Usually, it lasts up to a week and is the most expensive ritual. People here said that holding a grand funeral is the dream of many people.
Some people fall into deep debt after celebrating a loved one’s funeral, but for them, it is the stronger emotional connection between the living and the dead.
Photographer Claudio Sieber, who spent three weeks with the Torajans, said: “The people here have maintained communication year after year, despite living increasingly influenced by modern culture. “.
The body of a child.
One was also “invited to smoke” by his descendants.
People wear new clothes for the dead.
Generations of dead people are housed in the house.
They are also sent with items that they often use while living.
For the Torajan people, a relative is considered dead only after the funeral.
Torajan people usually just want to be buried in the place where they were born and live for the rest of their lives, if unfortunately they die in a far away place, their family has to go to that place to take their souls back.