Olympus OM-2N | Fuji Neopan 1600

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Olympus OM-2N | Fuji Neopan 1600

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Olympus OM-2N | Fuji Neopan 1600

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x | Oriental Seagull FB
There's a few good reasons why these funerals are traditionally held during dry season. Unfortunately with climate change, dry season now includes about 4 hours of daily hard rain and a ton of mud.

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x | Oriental Seagull FB
Moving the body.

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x | Oriental Seagull FB
Moving the body.

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x | Oriental Seagull FB
Members of the youngest generation of the family serve the function of greeting special guests to the funeral.

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x | Oriental Seagull FB

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Distributing pigs to various families.

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x | Oriental Seagull FB
On left, the man who met me at his friend's uncle's funeral, invited me to his cousin's funeral, and told everyone at that funeral that I had agreed to marry him. He explained to me that only family and close friends wear black to a funeral, so that if we were married--just as an example, you understand, hahahaha--I would also be "allowed" to wear black.

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x | Oriental Seagull FB
A women's association from the village serves local snacks to the honored guests (usually family members of family) inside the special seating area. The family throwing the funeral pays for the matching costumes.

The guests also had their own platforms where they would eat and sleep for the whole funeral, this special seating area was only for when they first entered. Then they would be escorted out and another group of honored guests would arrive.

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Plus-x

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Plus-x

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Plus-x | Forte Polywarmtone FB

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Plus-x

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