Funeral Nights

By: Sing Nongkynrih, Kynpham

A group of friends journey to a remote part of West Khasi Hills, in northeast India, to witness the performance of an ancient Lyngngam funeral ceremony that lasts six days. Concluding with the cremation of a beloved elder, a woman whose body has been preserved in a tree house for nine whole months, this may well be the last time Ka Phor Sorat, the feast of the dead, is performed.

By mistake, however, the group arrives early. So they wait,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913505960
• ISBN13: 9781913505967
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: And Other Stories
• Length: 1022 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 5.1" x 7.8"