On the anniversary of his death, 17 July, his mourning ceremony is often rebroadcast on television.
Sometimes a widow returns from a mourning ceremony to find someone else's lock on her door.
Gypsum was often used in Aboriginal mourning ceremonies.
The outsiders seem to be waiting for an old woman to die, so that they can witness the local mourning ceremony.
For persons of prominence, a mourning ceremony would be held in the year following their death.
Camping in 17 temporary shelters called tapiris, the Indians started traditional mourning ceremonies, which included cremating the dead.
Ceremonies included an annual mourning ceremony, rites of passage, and intervention with the spirit world.
The struggle centered on the traditional mourning ceremonies held on the fortieth day after a death.
During the film, the process of making religious tools of the mourning ceremonies is shown.
"And I think these feelings of guilt are a part of the whole mourning ceremony now."