Ma'nene festival in Indonesia. (1 Viewer)

[SimmonS]

You look like death warmed up! Indonesian villagers dig up their ancestors every three years and dress them in new clothes in ancient ritual to show 'love and respect'

• WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
• Photos show the Ma'nene Festival in Indonesia where bodies of dead relatives are dug up and dressed up
• The ritual has been going for more than a century and is celebrated by the Torajan people in Indonesia
• Relatives parade decomposing bodies dressed in new clothes and pose for photos with the corpses
• The festival's name means 'The Ceremony of Cleaning Corpses' and it takes place every three years

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[McM]

Nice! I like the army guy and his wife(?).

 

[deviant2]

...dug up AND dressed???
How the billy b'frig do they keep the skeleton's together, much less up right?
Duct tape?

Bit partial to Ol' girls lace gloves...

 

[Mtnflyer]

I'm guessing the rented wedding suit on the old man won't be getting returned.

 

[McM]

..they keep the skeleton's together

I was asking me that too. Maybe they're using wires, like in the old skeletons at school for biology lessons.

 

[zinfandel]