umaimahazzahrah1. When did the writer attend the funeral? The writer attended the funeral last month. 2. How long did the writer and his family hold the ceremony? The writer and his family hold the ceremony for about a week. 3. What did they do to the corpse before the funeral was done? They kept the corpse in a series of house arranged in circular row around an open field called tongkonan. They also dressed the corpse with a fine wearing. 4. What did they do after the corpse was placed in a sandal wood coffin? They brought the coffin out of the house and placed it on an open platform beneath the granary. 5. What did they do on the last day of the ceremony? On the last day of the ceremony, they lowered the coffin from the funeral tower and brought it up to the mountainside family graveyard. Finally, they installed the wooden puppet on the high balcony where other puppets representing the members of a whole family where already there.
The writer attended the funeral last month.
2. How long did the writer and his family hold the ceremony?
The writer and his family hold the ceremony for about a week.
3. What did they do to the corpse before the funeral was done?
They kept the corpse in a series of house arranged in circular row around an open field called tongkonan. They also dressed the corpse with a fine wearing.
4. What did they do after the corpse was placed in a sandal wood coffin?
They brought the coffin out of the house and placed it on an open platform beneath the granary.
5. What did they do on the last day of the ceremony?
On the last day of the ceremony, they lowered the coffin from the funeral tower and brought it up to the mountainside family graveyard. Finally, they installed the wooden puppet on the high balcony where other puppets representing the members of a whole family where already there.