The bridge connecting the world of the living with the world of the dead was damaged. Therefore, the news of her death reaches Maria with a delay. Maria leaves the house, on the way she meets people who pass by indifferently, they barely notice her. Strangers, on the other hand, do not want to see her at all. Maria returns to her mother, to the house she has gotten rid of. Her body had already been brought. Traditional rites begin. The pawiduch is grooming the body before the burial. The family tries to persuade Maria to see the body and identify herself. It is a prerequisite for realizing that she is dead. Accepting this fact is supposed to bring relief to her and her relatives. But Maria rebels. He refuses to die.—G