Season 1 · Episode 2
Episode 2: Dancing with the Dead
Madagascar's Turning of the Bones can teach us a lot about how to cope with death and loss.
January 25, 201827m 9s
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Show Notes
They call it the Turning of the Bones: a joyous, drunken festival in Madagascar that keeps the dead close to the living. War correspondent and photojournalist Jacob Russell brings humor and heart to this story from the ceremony and what it taught him about his own family's response to death and grief. Also: lots of drunken trumpet playing.
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