Seven family members were exhumed and honored for the Famadihana. This is a really joyous and happy event where families remember and celebrate the lives of their realative.
After the body is cleaned, they wrap it in a new, clean lamba before putting it back into the tomb. And all the men from this family were buried with hats! People were wearing the hats while at the tombs, I found this a little odd...
The trek out to the tomb was "lavitra be!" (very far) But we did have the accompaniment of the Gasy band to dance to!
I posted a comment under a blog you did a few times back instead of your most recent....just let me know if you have any info. ;)
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