Dead are 'awake' every 3 years

Indonesians in the Toraja community do not usually let the dead 'rest in peace'. Every three years, the natives celebrate the Festival Ma'nene, dedicated to the cleaning of corpses. In this ancient ritual, the dead are unearthed so that relatives can spend more time with the people they love.
The ritual, which may seem bizarre to many people, takes on even stranger contours: in addition to staying with the corpses for a few hours, relatives still change their clothes and take family pictures of the dead. The affection also extends to the conditions of the coffin: in this period there are exchanges for new ones, in order to avoid that the bodies decompose more quickly.
According to the Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã, Ma'nene is so important that all the money earned by the locals is saved for this moment of 'reunion'. When the dead are returned to the graves, objects with significant memories are buried together. There are still those who place near the dead precious jewels. The custom has led to a growth in the number of coffins stolen, although local police have begun investigations into existing cases.