In Indonesia they dig up their dead family members to spend quality time with them.

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As part of the odd Ma’nene holiday, Indonesians bring up their deceased relatives, wipe off their corpses, and outfit them.

The festival is observed by Tojarans on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi in order to strengthen ties with deceased relatives.

A man hiking in the mountains came across a corpse, dressed it in his own clothes, and buried it, which brought him good luck. This is how a sacred festival that dates back hundreds of years began.

Tojarans are supposed to be buried with their family members, but the location and who they are buried with might lead to disputes.

Every three years, islanders dig up their deceased relatives’ corpses, clean them up, and outfit them in their favorite clothes as part of a strange custom that extends back hundreds of years.

The Ma’nene festival is a celebration of life for the Torajan people, an native to the mountainous region of Tana Toraja, even if it may appear to be a scenario from a post-apocalyptic zombie film.

Photographer Agung Parameswara, who captured these melancholy images, told MailOnline that the Ma’nene celebration first took place in the village of Baruppu more than a century ago.

The Torajan related to him a tale about an animal hunter named Pong Rumasek who discovered a dead body under a tree while out hunting in the mountains. The body had been left there to rot.

Rumasek believed that by properly burying the dead and dressing it in his own clothes, he had been granted good fortune. The Toraja adopted the custom because they thought the spirits would reward them for caring for the deceased.

The deceased are unearthed, groomed, and dressed in chic new clothing as part of the Ma’nene festival, which translates to “the Ceremony of Cleaning Corpses.”

Relatives carry the deceased about the hamlet in their coffins while they are repaired or replaced. According to researchers at Ancient Origins, they think the trails link them to Hyang, a supernaturally powerful spiritual being that can only move in straight lines.

A small percentage of the 650,000 Torajan people still follow “Aluk Todolo,” also known as “the Way of the Ancestors,” despite the fact that the majority of them are Christians or Muslims.