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From the Ted Talk by Kelli Swazey: Life that doesn't end with death

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So after a person's pyhsical death, their body is placed in a special room in the tariadoitnl residence, which is called the tkonaognn. And the tongkonan is symbolic not only of the family's identity but also of the human life cycle from birth to death. So essentially, the shape of the building that you're born into is the shape of the structure which carries you to your ancestral resting place. Until the funeral ceremony, which can be held yaers after a person's physical death, the deceased is referred to as "to mlakaa," a sick person, or "to mama," a person who is asleep, and they cnuontie to be a member of the household. They are symbolically fed and cared for, and the family at this time will begin a number of ritual incitnunjos, which caimtcumones to the wider community around them that one of their members is undergoing the tosntirain from this life into the afterlife known as Puya.

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So after a person's ________ death, their body is placed in a special room in the ___________ residence, which is called the _________. And the tongkonan is symbolic not only of the family's identity but also of the human life cycle from birth to death. So essentially, the shape of the building that you're born into is the shape of the structure which carries you to your ancestral resting place. Until the funeral ceremony, which can be held _____ after a person's physical death, the deceased is referred to as "to ______," a sick person, or "to mama," a person who is asleep, and they ________ to be a member of the household. They are symbolically fed and cared for, and the family at this time will begin a number of ritual ___________, which ____________ to the wider community around them that one of their members is undergoing the __________ from this life into the afterlife known as Puya.

Solution

  1. injunctions
  2. years
  3. traditional
  4. transition
  5. continue
  6. physical
  7. communicates
  8. makala
  9. tongkonan

Original Text

So after a person's physical death, their body is placed in a special room in the traditional residence, which is called the tongkonan. And the tongkonan is symbolic not only of the family's identity but also of the human life cycle from birth to death. So essentially, the shape of the building that you're born into is the shape of the structure which carries you to your ancestral resting place. Until the funeral ceremony, which can be held years after a person's physical death, the deceased is referred to as "to makala," a sick person, or "to mama," a person who is asleep, and they continue to be a member of the household. They are symbolically fed and cared for, and the family at this time will begin a number of ritual injunctions, which communicates to the wider community around them that one of their members is undergoing the transition from this life into the afterlife known as Puya.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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