In Toraja, South Sulawesi, the dead periodically rise and get a
change of clothes before being returned to their graves. During the
Ma’nene ritual, held every few years, families clean the graves and
change the clothes of preserved ancestral remains in a show of respect
and love.
The Ma’nene ritual underlines the local belief that deceased relatives
remain very much a part of the community.
Relatives open the casket of their grand mother Martha Bu'tu that was
died 40 years ago during the Ma'nene' rite in Sesean mountain, Rinding
Allo, North Toraja, South Sulawesi. The Ma'nene rite is a tradition to
change the clothes of their relatives that is already death to show love
from their living family.
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