The corpse is carried a few times round the house, usually by women, and then to the cemetery with musical accompaniment from the "gondang" orchestra and the continual firing of guns. At any crossroads the corpse is put down and eleven people go around it four times to confuse the "begu". It is hoped that the "begu" will then be unable to find its way back to the village. When the funeral procession arrives at the cemetery the grave is dug and the corpse laid in it, flat on its back. Care is taken that the head lies towards the village so that, in the unexpected event that the body should get up, he or she will not be looking in the direction of the village. The bodies of "datuk" and those who have died from lightning are buried sitting up with their hands tied together. The palms of the hand are tied together and betel placed between them.