In Reply to: Curious ....as to why posted by Kazza007k on Tuesday, 28. June 2011 at 21:17 Bali Time:
responsibility of organising the body, if the body has been buried for a while its a lot of work, if there are no sons it is the responsibility of the whole village so it makes it a lot easier on the village to work with fresher bodies. I said it was morbid, but they look at it as considerate.