Tragic, an Indonesian man was killed when his mother’s coffin fell from a funeral tower and crushed his head
News24xx.com - Indonesia is a country that rich with in customs and culture. Whether it's for birth events, weddings, even death.
And it also was done by locals in the island of Sulawesi. When ethnic Torajans die, local residents hold elaborate funerals that can last for days and involve music, dance and the sacrifice of water buffalo.
And tragic, an Indonesian man was killed when his mother’s coffin fell from a funeral tower and crushed his body during a service on the island of Sulawesi on Friday, June 15 2018.
According the information of police, at that time Samen Kondorura, 40, died Friday when pallbearers lost their footing while carrying the coffin up a bamboo ladder in the Parinding valley in North Toraja district.
At that time, the casket fell as the group hoisted it onto a lakkian (the named of an ornately carved tower) where the deceased is placed before elaborate traditional funeral rites.
And when the mother’s coffin was being raised to the lakkian, suddenly the ladder shifted and collapsed, the coffin fell and hit the victim. The ladder slip just as the casket enters the tower and the men tumbling several metres to the ground where the victim is struck by the coffin.
Julianto Sirait, chief commissioner of the Tana Toraja resort police, told as quoted from AFP, "The man has died with tragic condition."
Video from the scene shows, after the coffin has crushed the body of Kondorura, Horrified onlookers rush to the men’s aid but Kondorura died later in hospital.
Sirait said the accident happened because the ladder was not properly reinforced.
Kondorura's family has declined to press charges. And now, the body of Kondorura is now resting alongside his mother named Berta.
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