Unusual magical customs in the world

Each culture has the custom of sending off different dead people .

Funerals are an indispensable custom in all cultures and countries in the world. Although the same goal is to remember and rest the deceased, each place has a different way of expression.

Try to see where in the world do we see scenes in such funerals?

1. Funeral is a . festival day

Perhaps those are the most accurate words to describe the funeral custom of the Toraja people, southern Indonesia. Saying so by this tribe's funeral is a mixture of pain of losing loved ones and joy as a true festival.

The Toraja's funeral practice takes weeks, usually about 11 days. During that time, the family of the host family had to organize the party, invited many people and tourists to join. They conceive, the bigger the funeral, the bigger the better the better for the deceased.

The funeral here is as grand and fun as the festival

For the Toraja, the deceased did not really die until the first buffalo was killed in the funeral. That was the time when the deceased began his journey to the land of spirits.

Throughout the funeral, people party, celebrate buffalo fighting, cheering, cheering, and then killing and sharing for all who participate. It was only when the final day of the ceremony ended, that the dead body was taken to a real burial place.

2. Buried people with coffins "poison - strange"

If you witness a funeral in Teshie (Ghana) you will surely be amazed at what to see. The coffin here is designed very strange, with all shapes, looks and colors, no one resembles anyone.

A coffin with a fish shape

Ghanaians call it ' fantasy coffins' . For them, people die but life continues. In the afterlife, the deceased continue to work as if they were alive and have a great influence on earthly relatives.

Therefore, to help the deceased to continue a better, more comfortable life, Ghanaians often invent 'imaginary coffins' , simulating familiar objects in the work of the deceased first. that. For example, if the deceased is a pilot, he will have a plane-shaped coffin, or a rock star, so the coffin will definitely have a guitar .

Coffin dedicated to photographers .

3. Funeral with stripper

The ancient funeral is always considered a solemn place, sacred atmosphere, few people think that there will be the appearance of dancers. But some areas in Taiwan are different. The funeral here even has strippers.

Here, it is conceived that the prestige and honor of the deceased are expressed by the number of people participating in the funeral. The dead will be happy if the funeral becomes more bustling and crowded. Therefore, many people have invited stripper dancers to funerals, dancing to attract attention to the funeral of relatives.

4. "Pose" picture with the deceased

It was one of the most bizarre vows of history that ever appeared in history and was extremely developed in the Victorian era (1837-1901).

A portrait of a deceased person was taken after the person in the picture died

For the middle class, taking photos of the deceased is a way to remember and save memories. They often set up dead people sitting in a chair, or posing as sleeping and taking portraits, or with dead people taking commemorative photos.

A baby who died early is posed to sleep in bed with flowers around

The image of a big family lost 2 newborn babies