Maria Spernbauer, Austria:
I think there are similarities between birth and death, how it is in the culture because the Massai mother you wouldn't hear a word when she was in labor and you wouldn't hear her cry or shout when somebody dies. And Wasonjos, they would cry from the very first time, they would stay with their people until they're dead and then they would put them in the embryo position so that as soon as they get “totenstarre”, they can be buried in a sitting position. And that's again a part of their culture/ religion that they still believe that ... their god is coming and wakes them up to stand up for resurrection and they have to sit, otherwise they're too late to stand up.