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Funeral Ceremony

Belinda Mason
Australia

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"Funeral Ceremony"

This young man is about to perform in a funeral ceremony in the remote community of Aurukun in Australia. This ceremony is called a "house opening". When a person dies, their house cannot be entered for one year. After the year has passed, the community has a ceremony to ask the spirit to leave the house and the grieving or "sorry time" can end. .

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