Tomb sculpture

The populations of Hauts Plateaux in Vietnam decorate their tombs with sculptures amongst which the most famous are the ones of Jorai and Bahnar. The ceremonies of tomb abandonment sign the end of mourning which happens several years after death.For the occasion, the tomb is restored, decorated with these typical sculptures which are cut in the same place of the tomb and then abandoned. The animal figures sculpted are said to bring the dead people to the afterlife. This man represented with his arms crossed on top of his knees is the so-called bram, the one who intervenes during the funerary rites.越南高原地区（Hauts Plateaux）的原住民以雕塑装饰墓葬，其中最为知名的当属佐莱族（Jorai）与巴纳族（Bahnar）的雕塑作品。弃墓仪式标志着服丧期的终结，该仪式通常于逝者去世数年后举办。值此仪式之际，人们会先修缮墓葬，再以这类特色雕塑进行装饰——这些雕塑均在墓葬原址雕刻完成，随后随墓一同被弃置。人们相信，雕刻出的动物形象可引领逝者前往来世。这座双臂交叉叠放于膝头的人形雕塑便是所谓的"布拉姆（bram）"，负责在丧葬仪式中主持相关流程。