Chapter 1016 1015. Tradition (4/5)

Chapter 1016 1015. Tradition (45)

Li Du returned to the barracks, and Lei Mo Ning also returned.

Most of the soldiers who died in battle were members of Jinsicao's tribe. As the patriarch of Jinsicao, he was responsible for the entire funeral process.

According to the tradition, before the burial, the Jinsicao family will send representatives to a distant place to find a famous fortune-teller whom they don't know, that is, an African black wizard, and ask them to search for the soul of the deceased and bring it back to the place where they belong. .

They believe that after people die, their souls will wander on the grasslands, and it is up to the black wizards to find their souls and bury them together with their bodies.

The reason why they don't look for a wizard nearby for divination is because they still have to use the wizard to find out the cause of death of the deceased.

This made Li Du very confused. When he heard Lei Moning's introduction, he said blankly: "The cause of death? Wasn't it killed by bullets? Aren't they warriors who died in battle?"

Lei Mo Ning said: "What we want to divination is not this, but whether he died because of offending a god, and which god he offended caused his death."

Li Du said in a daze: "But you know, they were obviously killed in battle."

Lei Moning glanced at him and said, "You can tell me this, but you must not say it when the clansmen arrive and the funeral begins."

Li Du understood what he meant, and so did Lu Guan and the others. They laughed softly and said, "Ha, this is tradition."

Lei Moning said displeased: "This is our tradition, but it is based on science."

As he spoke, he began to popularize science: "Look, every battle involves many people, but why didn't everyone die? Why didn't others die? Why?"

"Because other people have good luck, but those who died in battle have bad luck."

Lei Mo Ning nodded: "You're right, but why are you so unlucky?"

Li Du and his group looked at each other in blank dismay, they couldn't come up with an answer, yes, why were these war dead so unlucky?

Regarding their reaction, Lei Mo Ning expressed his satisfaction, and said, "Can't tell you the answer? Because they offended the gods, and it was the gods that caused their bad luck!"

What can Li Du and the others say? This is their tradition, and they have to respect their tradition.

So they all nodded and asked, "Which god did these poor fellows offend?"

"God Tel." Lei Moning said.

Li Du said: "I would like to hear the details."

Lei Moning said patiently: "God Ter is our sun god, and the soldiers who died in battle are believers of the sun god, but they fought at night and angered the sun god, who took their lives away."

Godzilla muttered: "These gods are terrible, fortunately I don't believe in anyone."

Li Du gave him a wink, don't talk nonsense here, attend the funeral honestly, and then leave.

Three days later, when the morning sun rose, the funeral officially began.

Because the dead soldiers died of offending the sun god, Lei Moning led the people to sacrifice to the sun god. They offered beer, sacrificed animals to worship their ancestors, and appease the gods.

During this period, the oldest man in the clan knelt on the grass, facing east and muttering to himself in the tribal language, expressing repentance and begging the gods not to hurt others.

On the other side, Lei Mo Ning organized the strong young and middle-aged men in the clan. Everyone wore traditional war robes, brandished bows and arrows, spears and swords, and roared towards the sun.

Li Du was puzzled, and asked what this was for, Lei Moning told him: "Our warriors are questioning the Sun God, why these fellow clansmen serve him devoutly, but he punishes them."

In this way, Mr. Li was stunned: "You are repenting and questioning your gods at the same time?"

Lei Moning nodded solemnly, and said: "Yes, we repent to show our devotion to the sun god. We challenge him to tell him that we are not easy to bully!"

What can Li Du say? It can only be said that the tradition of the Jinsicao tribe is amazing.

Several women cried bitterly at the gate of the barracks. They wailed loudly and even rolled on the ground, looking distraught.

This scene made Li Du think that the family members of the wives of the soldiers who died in the war had come to make trouble, but it turned out that this was also a tradition, expressing the wives’ farewell feelings for their husbands, the more grief-stricken the more they seemed to have deep feelings.

Others can't cry, but prepare for the funeral in an orderly manner.

They put the soldiers in uniform into coffins, and put the coffins on a hearse to the tribal cemetery.

The hearse was transformed from a truck. The car moved forward slowly, and the clansmen followed.

According to the tradition of the Jinsicao family, when the hearse is moving, no vehicles other than the car in which the president is sitting are allowed to block the hearse or overtake it as a token of mourning.

There is a distance between the military camp and the tribe, and the people walked more than ten kilometers to reach the tribe's cemetery.

Some pits have been dug there, and soldiers are armed with live ammunition, solemnly guarding the cemetery.

The family of the deceased waits here, they cannot cry, they must hold back their grief.

Lei Moning himself acted as the gravedigger. He jumped into a cemetery. The strong guy above lifted the coffin and lowered it. He supported the coffin below to make the coffin land smoothly.

At this time, the elders of the tribe will throw down some dry herbs emitting smoke, and then people will bury the coffin.

A drum beats as people spread the soil.

This is like a signal, and the relatives of the deceased who have been suppressing their grief burst into tears.

Thinking of so many young men turned into corpses in the blink of an eye, Li Du felt quite sad.

If it weren't for him, these boys might still be alive at this time. But if it wasn't for him, I'm afraid everyone here will die when Gude launches an attack!

It can only be said that the Africans are right, if you want to live a long life, stay away from diamonds.

Diamonds are the real cause of their deaths!

At first, he felt sad with the cries of people, but it didn't take long for him to feel sad. Someone was beating the drum all the time, and it was rhythmic, as if playing a song.

And people's cries also have a rhythm. They have to cry according to the rhythm and volume of the drums, with high and low tones and ups and downs.

Luguan, Brother Wolf, and Godzilla were obviously also confused. Brother Wolf pondered for a while, and could only say: "Respect the tradition of the Golden Silk Grass."

Their tradition is not so simple, the drums will continue until sunset, and the crying will continue until sunset...

Fortunately, only the family members need to cry, and the others can leave after the coffin is buried.

In the evening, there is the final activity of the funeral, which is a party, with bonfires, singing and dancing, and wine and meat.

Li Du had heard before that Africans love singing and dancing very much. Wang Zhongshi also told him that African men are lazy and don't like to work. They pretend to be tired when they work.

But once the singing and drums sounded, these Africans, who seemed to be too tired to move, would immediately jump up and dance enthusiastically. If there was a bonfire, the dancing would be even more enthusiastic!

Do as the Romans do, he couldn't leave that day and had to attend the party.