Scenes from a Kosraen funeral

These were shot at the funeral for Wineda Kingsley Sigrah. The spelling may be wrong.

Kosraen soup pots at funeral Kosraen baskets at funeral Kosraen coffee girls during a funeral in Kosrae Coffee girls have coffee and koolaid The men are redistributing uhm baked breadfruit, coconuts Gathering for the burial Pastor Nena is facing the camera consulting on some detail of the ceremony The pots of Kosraen soup can be seen to the left of the burial area The number of pots increased as more people brought soup pots to the funeral. Each pot has a thick soup of pig and rice. Basically each pot represents one pig brought to the funeral. Sort of.

A landslide just up the road from the funeral.
Kosrae landslide

Kosrae