Odd insights from last week's funeral...

• Quote: "It is better to die than to be born. Even the newborn know this, because they enter the world crying in anticipation of the suffering."
• The person cannot be buried with any blood or red clothing on it. They must be buried in a white sheet.
• The person must be buried lying on their right hand side, facing the family's compound. Otherwise they will disturb the family.
• When burying the body, the earth must be packed down well. If the grave sinks after burial then it disturbs the person who has been buried, and the person will in turn disturb the family.
• Quote: “Death is too common now. In the past, many people would come to a funeral. Now, it is too common.”
• The mourners will stay at the burial site for 4 nights, sitting around a camp fire grieving.
• It is common for grieving women to wail at a high pitch, throwing their heads into their hands repeatedly.
• It is common for one of the mourners to be ‘possessed’ by ‘bad spirits’ / ‘demons’ and to have a fit which leaves them collapsed on the floor.