21. They watched as his casket, draped in a red and white Indonesian flag and a traditional Islamic funeral cloth, was lowered in damp red earth. 22. They watched as his casket, draped in a red and white Indonesian flag and a traditional Islamic funeral cloth, was lowered into the damp red earth. 23. Two outbreaks were caused by poor hygiene in hospitals and a third was caused by traditional African funeral rites which involve cutting open the corpse. 24. Wailing mothers and grandmothers hugged and touched photos of the dead children framed with white chrysanthemums, the traditional funeral flower in South Korea. 25. The Nigerian daily A.M.News said they were deployed to prevent their families from exhuming the bodies to give them traditional funerals. 26. The bier, decorated with banners, was carried by union leaders wearing red headbands and traditional yellow funeral globes. |