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Sat 01 Jan 2010Life in the city of the dead
Aid is getting through and some aspects of normal life are returning, but this is a drop in the sea of Haiti’s misery as thousands of bodies lie in the ruins of Port-au-Prince, writes LARA MARLOWE
BEFORE THE earthquake, Haitian funerals were an occasion for celebration. Families splashed out tens of thousands of Haitian dollars on luxury caskets and new clothing for the departed. A pair of shiny shoes, rosary beads and a Bible were placed in the coffin. Married women left this world in their wedding dresses. It was important for the family to be buried in the same place, so their spirits could mingle in the afterlife.
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