Shocking Tradition! See the Indonesian Community That Exhumes Corpses of Family Members in Respect (Photos)

They exhume the dead as a sign of respect
 

The families in Toraja in South Sulawesi believe in welcoming the spirit of a dead person back to the village of his origin.

And as a popular belief, they dig up the graves of their deceased loved ones, wash them, groom them and dress them up in fancy new clothes before walking them around in the village once every three years. They also repair or fix broken and damaged coffins.

 

They call the bizarre ritual of dolling up mummies Ma'nen or The Ceremony of Cleaning Corpses and practice it to honour the spirits of their ancestors.

After they dig them up they wash them and dress them in new clothes
 

From babies to aged ones, corpses are exhumed by the families and given proper baths, grooming session and new clothes. They are then walked in straight lines around the village and buried again.

 

After the parade the corpses are buried again
 

- Via Express