[SIZE=6]Indonesia’s weird ‘Cleaning of the Corpses’ festival as skeletons are dug up, dressed and paraded in streets [/SIZE]
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[ul][li]Indonesians bring up dead relatives, clean off their corpses, and dress them as part of the bizarre Ma’nene festival[/ul][/li][ul][li]Celebrated by Tojarans, the festival is to strengthen bond with dead relatives on island of Sulawesi, Indonesia[/ul][/li][ul][li]Sacred festival dating back hundreds of years started when a man trekking in mountains found a corpse and dressed it in his own clothes and buried it, which brought him good luck[/ul][/li][ul][*]Tojarans are meant to be buried with relatives, but where they are buried and who with can cause family arguments[/ul]