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When a prominent traditional leader died, he was honored with a state funeral.  Here the police line up at the Palau airport to escort the body of Ibedul Ngoriakl in September 1972.  The body was brought in procession to the Palau Legislature, where it was waked.
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(photo from TT Archives, Univ. of Hawaii Library)