“The whole secret of the transmission of Ebola,” Kallon said, “is that you wash the body with water, and then the water is collected and used again.” The wash water from the corpse was carefully stored in a container. Then family members would use the water in a ceremony of grief and remembrance. “If you are the son of the dead person, you wash yourself with this same water, the water that washed the body,” Kallon explained. “After that, the daughter washes herself with the same water that the son used.”