[JumpCrisscross]

> so sometimes the dead are stored in a separate storage area next to the home until the living gather the necessary funds

Isn't this an own goal when it comes to disease?

[decimalenough]

Doesn't stop the Torajans in Indonesia for storing the corpses inside their own houses, sometimes for years.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2017/oct/13/cleani... (warning: graphic)

[Tade0]

Well, there are many worse systemic issues in the region.

It's been 15 years since I saw that movie, but I recall the remains presented to be just the skull and some larger bones - all dried out completely.

What happened to the rest of the body I don't recall.