Living with Family


  • Photographer
    Alain Schroeder
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2016
  • Technical Info
    1/42 f1 800iso camera xpro2Fu

Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Ma' Nene ceremony, Brothers Micha from Jakarta and Misi from Makassar embrace their parents, father Tumaang and mother Rara. The grave house is located on top of a hill overlooking the rice fields. In the region of Pangala, the Ma' Nene, or cleaning of the corpses, ceremony takes place in August after the rice harvest. Coffins are removed from their burial sites and opened. The mummies are cleaned, dried in the sun and given a change of clothes. Expressions of sadness are mixed with the overall happy atmosphere surrounding these moments of bonding with loved ones and honoring ancestors.

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