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preparations for a funeral , funeral of a Christian |
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However, on our way to Mon we had intended to visit Yoting, a village of some 80 houses, and a colony of Tang, which was founded by an Wangsha member of the Tang Ang-family five generations ago. |
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As we approached the village we saw preparations for a funeral. An elderly woman had died and some men were digging a grave, while others made a palm leaf roof. |
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The dead woman was a Christian, like most people of Yoting, and the Ao pastor said he would try to speed up the funeral if I wanted to photograph it. - In the house of death was wailing and chanting, and the beating of gongs. |
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Finally the grave was closed and the flowers put up on bamboo stands. |
