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> so sometimes the dead are stored in a separate storage area next to the home until the living gather the necessary funds Isn't this an own goal when it comes
by JumpCrisscross 7mo ago
> so sometimes the dead are stored in a separate storage area next to the home until the living gather the necessary funds
Isn't this an own goal when it comes to disease?
- decimalenough 7mo agoDoesn't stop the Torajans in Indonesia for storing the corpses inside their own houses, sometimes for years. https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2017/oct/13/cleaning-the-dead-the-afterlife-rituals-of-the-torajan-people https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2017/oct/13/cleani... (warning: graphic)
- Tade0 7mo agoWell, there are many worse systemic issues in the region. It's been 15 years since I saw that movie, but I recall the remains presented to be just the skull and some larger bones - all dried out completely. What happened to the rest of the body I don't recall.