00:00:04of Indonesia cliffside effigies and
00:00:07graves testified to a culture as
00:00:09fascinated with death as ancient Egypt
00:00:13funerals are the most important rituals
00:00:16in their culture here in terrassa
00:00:19beloved relatives receive their favorite
00:00:22dishes three times a day even after they
00:00:25are dead
00:00:27taraji ins don’t immediately bury the
00:00:30body of a family member they keep the
00:00:32embalmed corpse and treat it as if it is
00:00:35still alive families here prefer to wait
00:00:38until they can afford to throw a lavish
00:00:40funeral and that may take months even
00:00:43years a goose Lamba is shopping for a
00:00:49gift for the funeral of his great aunt
00:00:52I’m looking for the pigs because I’m I’m
00:00:57going to bring it to the funeral
00:00:58ceremony because my auntie is
00:01:02a Goose’s great-aunt mrs. min Don dolly
00:01:07Ponk
00:01:08died almost a year ago ever since her
00:01:11body has resided at her family home even
00:01:14in her casket she is considered sick not
00:01:17dead mrs. dolly pong was a member of the
00:01:20noble class and had a large influential
00:01:23family people here believe her spirit
00:01:26demands a lavish funeral relatives lift
00:01:34a massive coffin which resembles a
00:01:36traditional tirage and house they carry
00:01:40her almost a mile from her home to the
00:01:42field where her funeral will take place
00:01:45it takes three hours for the funeral
00:01:47procession to reach the ceremony field
00:01:50for her family and friends this is the
00:01:53moment when mrs. dolly pong spirit
00:01:55leaves her body but her spirit will need
00:01:57help reaching Paradise which they call
00:02:00hooyah because of mrs. dolly pawns noble
00:02:04status her children are spending
00:02:07thousands of dollars to give her a
00:02:08proper funeral
00:02:10the event is so big and elaborate the
00:02:13family has hired funeral planners who
00:02:15managed ceremonies everywhere from the
00:02:19gold leaf decorating their mother’s
00:02:21coffin to the hired entertainers the
00:02:24family’s wealth and prestige are on
00:02:26display suraj ins believe that the more
00:02:31lavish the funeral the easier it is for
00:02:33the soul to reach paradise mrs. dolly
00:02:37pond children want their mother’s spirit
00:02:39to have the same status in Paradise that
00:02:41she enjoyed on earth to that end they
00:02:45also plan to sacrifice many water
00:02:47buffalo symbols of wealth people here
00:02:51believe the more they send with mrs.
00:02:53dolly pond the easier it will be for me
00:02:55to enter paradise and the more blessings
00:02:58her spirit will bestow upon them before
00:03:01they are sacrificed buffalo fights
00:03:04provide the funerals most dramatic
00:03:06entertainment it’s heavy sometimes it’s
00:03:10dangerous sometimes Viki fever the time
00:03:17has come to send mrs. dolly ponder
00:03:19transportation to paradise
00:03:29the mourners sacrifice almost a hundred
00:03:32Buffalo but the meat won’t go to waste
00:03:36Warners can take it home finally mrs.
00:03:42Dolly ponds family and friends are ready
00:03:44to bid farewell to her spirit the family
00:03:48prepares her body for its final resting
00:03:50place in a cliffside mausoleum the
00:03:53family quietly enters the body they
00:03:57sealed the tomb against grave robbers
00:04:00nearly a year after her physical death
00:04:03mrs. Dolly ponk finally rests in peace
00:04:06and her community has forged new bonds
00:04:09for the future
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