mardi, avril 29, 2008

The cemetery




Loved the cemetery. When someone die instead of burning the corpses as it is usually the case in Asia, this tribe burry them, built for them a little shed, guarded by a man and a woman in wood. Near the tomb the objects the dead has liked or used a lot: a pot, a bike, a wine jar . A buffalo has to be sacrificed to feed the tribe during the ceremonies so it is a huge expense for the family. Sometimes they have to postpone the final ceremony for a while. When it is done the buffalo’s horn are nailed by the tomb. During their lives they carve themselves their casket in the trunk of a tree, decorate it and keep it ready under their house. This one is the village chief's one .

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