Placing the Corpse in the Grave.

In a funeral ritual in I participated, I noticed that before the corpse in the grave, they lit pinewood and swang it at the bottom of the grave to eliminate damp and other bad things believed to be in the grave. Then they paved the bottom of the grave with bark. While lowering the corpse into the grave, they placed a bamboo trunk. with another end shaped into several thin pieces and cur in circles equivalent to the number of those who come to the funeral ritual, to support the dead and living persons and to give a way out for the souls of the funeral participants so as not to be trapped in captivity in the grave. Then, they dropped fresh twigs on the dead body symbolizing forgiveness to the dead and covered the grave with soil. At this moment, I noticed that men and women teased one another in fun and some couples chased and embraced around the burial area.
Before they returned home, all participants stood at the edge of the grave and jumped across it. Then they walked through a wooden arch with a small bonfire underneath. Next to the wooden arch was aperson carrying a fresh twig to wipe the back of each villager in order to prevent bad things from following them to the village. After the last person passed, he used the twig to wipe his own back and followed the others back to the village. When they were in the village, they walked directly to the house of the dead person, soaked a twig in the basin and splashed the water on their bodies. This was to expel all the bad things from their bodies.