Funeral Procession

Droves of people channel into the region we are hiking in from every imaginable direction. There are so many people – literally everywhere – all heading to the same place. Where are they going I ask? Someone has died I am told.

Nick and I along with our guide pilgrimage with the mourners until we arrive at the meeting place where the priests wait with the deceased. The funeral procession is just about to begin. Priests dressed in white cloaks with colourful umbrellas to protect them from the sun, slowly start to move the crowd up the side of the mountain to a sacred church.