Why They Mummify Loved Ones? EXPLAINED
What you’re looking at are not wax figures—they’re actually the bodies of people who passed away years ago. You see, a tribe in Indonesia called the Toraja people have a unique death ritual known as Ma’nene, where they take the bodies of their loved ones out of their graves—not to mourn, but to celebrate with them. It’s kind of like Halloween, but instead of dressing up as the dead, they celebrate alongside them. The bodies are cleaned and treated with chemicals like formaldehyde to prevent further decay and are dressed in fresh clothes. Families then spend time with their loved ones before reburying them until the next ceremony