Funerals

Funerals By: Shannon Henry

**Fun Facts:**

 * Depending on the person (male or female):**
 * Your body could be facing a different direction.
 * Women's heads are faced to the west so she may see the sunset and know when to prepare dinner.
 * Some people may place the head towards the east, the rising sun.
 * Men put aside money for an elaborate funeral.


 * Believes:**
 * When there is a lot of music played, the better the afterlife for the person who died.
 * A dead family member will come back in reincarnation on the sister's or mother's side of the family.
 * They believe in reincarnation. (the soul returns to earth in a new form)


 * Death:**
 * Death is not considered an end, but a transition.
 * No matter what religion all Nigerians bury their dead.
 * The dead are buried a day after they die.
 * When an elder dies there is a week of mourning.

This is a picture of a mass grave. They do these for deaths that all occurred at the same time, from the same thing. Sickness, Fires, etc.
 * How to Bury the Body:**
 * Most bodies are covered with black earth, because they believe that the red earth will give skin blemishes.

This is a picture of a women crying at a Nigerian funeral.

A young boy crying with his mother at a funeral.


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