Community members support each other during wakes and funerals when someone passes away

Colectivo de Fotografía de Veredas del Sur, Colombia

Photographs and text by Colectivo de Fotografía Veredas del Sur, Colombia

– Comadre, comadre, lend me your guayabo wood strainer.
– Oh, comadre, what’s going on? Who died?
– Our neighbor, comadre.
– Let’s help set up the grave. Lend me your white curtains, and let’s get the spring flowers, coffee leaves, and myrtle.
– And let’s also notify the mourners so they can join us for the wake.