Hauts Plateaux - probably never crossed your mind to dance with the dead. But in Madagascar, dancing with the corpse had been buried and exhumed his grave is a ritual, Famadihana name. Horrified!

Famadihana is a unique ritual that you can see in the Hauts Plateaux, Madagascar. Quoted from Lonely Planet, Thursday (05/02/2013) This ritual routinely performed 7 years Malagasy tribe people who live there.

First of all they will dig, wrap the bones with cloth and mat, then tied with a rope. When the family member will shout for joy to welcome the ancestral bones package.

This tradition is also referred to as 'Ritual Play Bone'. So called because in this ceremony Malagasy people will unload graves of the ancestors.

They dug, and wrap the bones with cloth and mats are tied with string. When the family member will shout for joy to welcome the ancestral bones package.

According to Malagasy tribal beliefs, Famadihana is the embodiment of love for the deceased family. At that time, all family members will come, no matter where they live now.

In fact, the family is living abroad are also back for the celebration Famadihana. All members of the family who came to bring a lot of innate, such as meats, soups, sweets, drinks and much more.

Almost all family members happy with this bone removal. Why not, according to the Malagasy tribal beliefs, the dead are not completely dead. They are still able to communicate with relatives who are still alive. Through this festival, they seemed to communicate again with the deceased.

Although this is a form of affection, a traveler's view would shudder when I first witnessed firsthand Famadihana.

Like a big festival, the ritual Famadihana, had the intent provides various kinds of food and drink, do not miss the musical entertainment. The entire guest dancing, singing and partying in Famadihana. They also cut the animals whose meat distributed to all invited guests.

Famadihana ceremony began with the national anthem. Family elders and city officials were invited to the funeral from the new national anthem and speeches began.

Often a band involved in this event. There are also several musical instruments such as harmonica, violin, guitar, and trumpet.

The crowd celebration much like the market. Busy people to walk and stand for the taste of food and beverages.

But, especially for relatives, they will approach the bundle bone, then singing, laughing and slowly unwrapping. Calmly they watered wine to the pile of bones and close it again. Once the package is closed, the bones were buried back into the ground, and brought to the accompaniment of dance.

Interested in coming? You can see it between July and September. This unique ritual is usually held in the month.

Fun, free event visit anyone, including foreign tourists. With a smile which implied a clear, they are welcome every traveler who comes.
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