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“It’s OK to Feel All the Feels”

We are all going through a lot right now and can get weighed down by our grief, anger and fear. A reminder to be kind to yourselves, and to each other.

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The Torajans are an ethnic group indigenous to a m

The Torajans are an ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

They have many elaborate funeral rituals, one of which is called Ma'Nene

Every three years, for more than 900 years, the villagers dig out the mummified bodies of their loved ones to clean them up, dress them in new clothes, and bury them again.

The ceremony, celebrated by all the families in the village, is a key element in their belief system, which combines Christian and Indigenous concepts.

The idea behind it all is that death is not the end of a person’s life, but rather another step (a very important one) in a long, spiritual life.

The village leaders sing for days leading up to the exhumations, and then every mummy is dug up by the respective family members so they can be brushed, cleaned, and dressed in new clothes.

The coffins are also given a touch-up, getting repairs and sometimes being replaced altogether in order to slow down the decomposition process.

After the bodies are dressed in their new clothes, they are re-buried for another three years until the next ceremony.

This may seem strange to some of us, but remember cultural relativism. What is strange to us, is normal to someone else. There are so many ways to honour the dead.

Do you know of any other ceremonies?

Images by Klaus Bo from @deadandaliveproject a photographic project documenting death rituals around the world! If you don't already follow then you should! Check out their page for more incredible photos and stories!!
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With the influx of deaths caused by the novel Coro

With the influx of deaths caused by the novel Coronavirus, important questions about how we store the dead in Canada in times of crisis have been pushed into the spotlight.

The reality is that beyond this crisis, Canadian morgues, medical and private facilities, along with funeral homes, will often keep unclaimed bodies in storage until they can be buried. This brings up the important question: how should we handle abandoned, indigent, and unclaimed bodies in Canada, many of which languish in morgues for weeks or months?

It is not only the homeless or unidentified whose bodies go unclaimed, it can also include people who have no living relatives and no estate plan in place. There are also situations where the next of kin will refuse responsibility for the body.

There has been an alarming increase in unclaimed bodies starting back in 2006 when the number of unclaimed in Ontario was 106, and by 2015 the number more than doubled to 361—it is still rising. The latest report, published in 2019, has the total number of unclaimed bodies in 2017 at 401, and in 2018 there were 473 unclaimed bodies buried.

Who these unclaimed bodies belonged to, and what led them to become unclaimed is not a simple answer. We reached out to different death professionals, and dove into laws and policies across the provinces, to learn more about how these bodies are processed, and why the numbers of unclaimed are on the rise.

Bodies have gone unclaimed for as long as people have been dying. There will always be unclaimed bodies, but the systems around the abandoned, indigent, and unclaimed need to be improved.

See our bio for a link to the full article.

This is the second part in our Unclaimed Body series
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Sundays are for reading and reflecting on our mortality.📚 💀

Tell us what you are reading today in the comments!

Art by the talented @madison.wanamaker
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