Coffin contaning deceased Roma man is carried towards family home while women cry out their grief in Valea Seaca, Bacau County, Romania.

A coffin containing a deceased Roma man is carried into the family yard and towards the entrance of his home in the village of Valea Seaca in Bacau County, Romania, while closely related women cry out their grief. Inside the house the lid will be taken off, so that family and friends can spend time with the deceased during the wake which will go on for three days.

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A coffin containing a deceased Roma man is carried into the family yard and towards the entrance of his home in the village of Valea Seaca in Bacau County, Romania, while closely related women cry out their grief. Inside the house the lid will be taken off, so that family and friends can spend time with the deceased during the wake which will go on for three days.