Liberians this week observed Decoration Day - when they visit cemeteries to clean dead relatives’ graves and spend time with the departed. But Ebola has changed the observance this year. Some people’s relatives have no graves - they were cremated to stem the Ebola epidemic. Benno Muchler files from Margibi County with reporting from Prince Collins.
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Liberians this week observed Decoration Day – when they visit cemeteries to clean dead relatives’ graves and spend time with the departed. But Ebola has changed the observance this year. Some people’s relatives have no graves – they were cremated to stem the Ebola epidemic. Benno Muchler files from Margibi County with reporting from Prince Collins.
Originally published at – http://www.voanews.com/media/video/liberia-decoration-day-ebola/2677817.html
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