The document describes how funerals and burial traditions have changed over time for native islanders. Traditionally, the dead were buried in the backyard of their own home and wore a special suit. A man on horseback would announce the death while drinking alcohol. Friends and family would gather for nine nights of eating, drinking, and mourning. Now, funerals typically occur in cemeteries for both natives and non-natives, and many customs have changed with modern times. However, some traditions like celebrating for nine nights after a death remain.

1. Immersion 2014

2.  THE NATIVE ISLANDERS
USED TO BURY THEIR
RELATIVES AT THEIR
OWN HOUSES IN THE
BACKYARD
 FUNERALS HAVE
CHANGED THROUGH
THE TIMES

3.  THE DEAD PERSON
WORE A SPECIAL
SUIT
 THERE WAS A
PERSON WHO
ANNOUNCED THE
NEWS, HE WAS
RIDING A HORSE
AND DRINKING
ALCOHOL , TELLING
PEOPLE THAT

4.  CARPENTERS WENT
TO
THE HOUSE AND
MADE THE COFFIN
IN ONE DAY
 THERE WERE A
LOT OF WOMEN
CRYING

5.  DURING THE NINE
NIGHTS, THE FAMILY
AND FRIENDS USED
TO EAT AND DRINK
TRADITIONAL
DISHES.
 THE LAST NIGHT
THERE WAS A SPECIAL
DINNER IN THE
HOUSE

6.  FUNERALS HAVE
CHANGED THROUGH
THE TIMES
 THEY BUY THE
COFFIN

7.  FUNERALS HAVE
CHANGED THROUGH
THE TIMES
 THERE ARE
CEMETERIES IN THE
ISLAND FOR THE
REST OF THE
PEOPLE

8.  NOWDAYS THE
FUNERAL ARE IN
CEMETERIES FOR
NON NATIVE AND
NATIVE PEOPLE

9. BEFORE TODAY
 USE BACK YARD
 THERE WAS A PERSON
WHO ANNOUNCED THE
NEWS
 USE A SPECIAL SUIT
 USE A CEMETERY
 USE DIFFERENT MEANS
OF COMMUNICATIONS
 IT’S NOT NECCESARY A
SPECIAL SUIT

10. BEFORE TODAY
 PEOPLE CELEBRATE
THE NINE NIGHT
 THERE WERE A LOT OF
WOMEN CRYING AND
SHOUTING (MOURNER)
PEOPLE STILL CELEBRATE
THE NINE NIGHT
THIS CUSTOME IS
CONSERVED