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Traditional Funeral in North Sulawesi
For traditional funeral in North Sulawesi as a part of its culture, there are two kind of funeral stuffs that I know:
The first one is waruga, which is existed from megalithic age. 144 stone graves were built to house the remains in the sitting position. The pre-Christian belief was that the babies were born in the sitting position in the mother's womb, and it is in this position that humans must pass on to eternity. The engravings on the headstones depict the cause of death, the deceased's hobby, character or occupation, etc. If you want to see this kind of culture, there is a small shop in front of the gate and a small donation is suggested. It is located at Sawangan village near Airmadidi, 24 km from Manado.
As additional, my guide for exploring North Sulawesi’s culture in museum told me that the usage of Waruga had already stopped some years ago because there is a special disease which is caused by the vapour from waruga.
Then, the second one for the traditional funeral in North Sulawesi is Lingun, from Bolaang Mongondow as the place to dry the dead body while there is a special hole as the place for the “dead body’s sand” to fall behind. As an additional, the stuffs showed by the picture below is still used by a few people above Lingun to make the “evil spirit” get away.
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