Mummies dug up for a change of wardrobe


If these mummies weren't already dead, they'd be dressed to kill.

That's because they've been dug up as part of a bizarre local ritual in a village in Indonesia that involves giving decomposed corpses a new look.

Family members of the deceased exhuming their ancestors' bodies and change their clothes as a way of remembering them. They then walk the dead around the village, almost like zombies.

The ritual, called Ma'nene, happens every three years to honour the villagers' love for the deceased. It is carried out in the Toraja district of Indonesia's South Sulawesi Province.

Dressing down: Family members carry a coffin containing the preserved body of their relative after putting a new set of clothing on it

Lively tie: This family remember their loved one by digging up his grave every three years

The ritual is held once every few years when family members gather to clean the graves and change the clothes of their deceased relatives to honor their spirits

Glad rags: Locals believe dead family members are still with them, even if they died hundreds of years ago

Coffins containing mummies are seen in a grave house called Patane during the ritual


source : daily mail
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