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Photo documentary / Photojournal  by Indonesian photographer Hanggan Situmorang]]></description>
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      <title>The Graveyard</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:50:17 GMT</pubDate>
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The graveyard after being cleaned during a visit to a Batak family's graveyard in Palipi Village, Samosir Island, Indonesia.<br />
Photo by: Hanggan]]></description>
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      <title>Posing</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:47:07 GMT</pubDate>
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Family prepare for photo taking in front off the tomb during a visit to a Batak family's graveyard in Palipi Village, Samosir Island, Indonesia.<br />
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      <title>Washing</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:36:57 GMT</pubDate>
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Elsie br Sinaga washes her face with drinking water brought from home in front off her husband and son's graveyard. Washing face in front off a tomb symbolizes purity for the souls and health for the visitors.<br />
Photo by: Hanggan]]></description>
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      <title>The Conversation</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:31:38 GMT</pubDate>
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Elsi Sinaga, wife of the Late Joseph Armanius Situmorang, speaks to the dead ones during a visit to a Batak family's graveyard in Palipi Village, Samosir Island, Indonesia.<br />
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      <title>Praying</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:23:16 GMT</pubDate>
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After cleaning the graveyard, the family pray together for the peace of soul of their beloved ones who had passed away.<br />
Photo by: Hanggan]]></description>
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      <title>Remembering</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:18:18 GMT</pubDate>
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Cigarettes are put on the edge of a tomb during a visit to a Batak family's graveyard in Palipi Village, Samosir Island, Indonesia. This action symbolizes love and caring for the dead ones.]]></description>
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      <title>Playing</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:54:17 GMT</pubDate>
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Children play in a small altar beside their forefather's tomb during a visit to family's graveyard in Palipi Village, Samosir Island, Indonesia.<br />
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      <title>For My Beloved Ones</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:47:07 GMT</pubDate>
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Ignasia (left), takes out wild grass in a yard during a visit to their graveyard in Palipi Village, Samosir Island, Indonesia.<br />
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      <title>Caring</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:34:45 GMT</pubDate>
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The family take out wild grass at a graveyard in Palipi Village, Samosir Island, Indonesia, as a symbol of caring for their elders who had passed away.<br />
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      <title>The Gate</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:27:45 GMT</pubDate>
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Gate of a Batak family's graveyard in Palipi Village, Samosir Island, Indonesia. The miniature in the center is the tomb where the Late Joseph Iskandar Armanius Situmorang, his wife, and his son, Viator Situmorang, laid inside.<br />
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