This is one of MANY elaborate burial traditions of the Torajan people, a tribe indigenous to Indonesia. They're renowned for their complex and unique funeral rights. I'll definitely be posting more at some point. Among other things, they disinter many of their (adult) relatives every few years. They show them appreciation by changing their clothes, giving them presents, etc. They also cut graves into cliff walls and caves. I've been going down this rabbit hole all morning and it's fascinating.

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https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/03/the-peculiar-burial-rites-of-tana-toraja.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3270383/The-tree-graves-Indonesia-dead-babies-buried-inside-trunks-growing-plants-absorbed-nature.html

I found this on r/medizzy and the picture really moved me. If you are a U.S. cirizen and you haven't signed up to be an organ donor, here's how you can remedy that. I also encourage you to sign up to donate bone marrow through Be The Match. There's an outdated belief that bone marrow donation is painful. It used to be, but that is no longer the case. You could literally save a life. Don't wait to sign up.

Here's the google translate version of the article on the young woman in the picture. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/23/content_15952137.htm By ZHENG CAIXIONG in Guangzhou (China Daily) Updated: 2012-11-23 01:52 A 17-year-old girl's liver, two kidneys and two corneas were transplanted after her death to save others' lives at the General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command in Guangdong province on Thursday evening. The liver surgery was jointly conducted by Huang Jiefu, vice-minister of health, and Huo Feng, a senior surgeon at the hospital. Wu Huajing, the organ donor, was a student from Shaoguan College of Medical Science. She had been in critical condition since she was seriously injured in a traffic accident in Shaoguan on November 9. Wu was declared dead on Wednesday afternoon. Her organs were removed on Thursday afternoon. Before she died, Wu told her parents of her wish to donate her organs to help others and repay society. "Wu's liver was successfully transplanted to a 41-year-old man from a local property management company. The man has had liver cancer for years and has been in very poor condition", Huo Feng said at a news conference on Thursday night. But Huo did not reveal details of the patients who received Wu's kidneys and corneas. Vice-Minister Huang said he was deeply moved by Wu's gift. "I think Wu would have been happy if she had known her organs have helped save others' lives," Huang said. On Wednesday morning, Huang also acted as the operating surgeon for a 52-year-old woman surnamed Zhang who donated her liver, kidneys and corneas after she died of cerebral hemorrhage in Guangzhou. Zhang's liver was transplanted to a man of a similar age. The man who had cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer has waited for a liver transplant for more than two months. Zhang's two kidneys were transplanted to another man and a woman, both in their 30s, who had urinaemia and had been on the hospital's waiting list for kidney transplants for many years. Zhang's corneas were transplanted to a 5-month-old child from Zhuhai and a 65-year-old man from Shenzhen. "Zhang's donation has helped save three lives and helped another two people recover their sight," Huang told media after the operations at the No 3 Hospital Affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou on Wednesday. Huang said he paid homage the organ donor Zhang before starting the transplant operation. Huang is a well-known expert in liver transplants. China has become the second-largest country in terms of organ transplants, Huang said. Since the country introduced a posthumous organ donation system in March 2010, China has completed organ transplant surgeries for 465 organ donors in 38 designated hospitals across the nation from March 2, 2010, to September 30. The system was jointly implemented by the Red Cross Society of China and the Ministry of Health. It is aimed at encouraging more people to donate their organs after death to help people in need. A total of 1,279 organs have been donated for life-saving purposes in the past two and a half years, Huang said. Of the organ donors, more than 120 came from Guangdong. China's reliance on organ transplants from condemned prisoners will end within two years as the donation system is proving successful, Huang said.

22 deaths overall including 19 kids, 2 teachers, and the gunman. Source article

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28 January, 1990 Nogovac, Kosovo, Yugoslavia Family and neighbors mourn the death of Nasimi Elshani, who was killed during a protest against the Yugoslavian government's decision to abolish the autonomy of Kosovo. His mother Sabrié and sister Aferdita are sitting on the right, and his sister Ryvije in the middle. Since 1974, Kosovo had been an autonomous province within Serbia and Yugoslavia. In 1989, Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian leader, reduced Kosovo’s autonomous status and started a policy of cultural oppression of the ethnic Albanian population. At the end of January 1990, unarmed ethnic Albanians in Kosovo clashed with Serbian armed troops. Serb police reinforcements were sent to the province to aid federal troops already stationed in Kosovo. The episode would form an overture to the Kosovo War of 1998-1999.