The chair is the deceased "Death Chair" into which they were strapped up right shortly after dying. That is pretty much how they do their wake. The deceased sits up right in a chair, and friends come by and talk to him as if he were still alive, or some such. Basically, you get to get everything "off your chest" before they are put to rest.
Supposedly you have to offer up 20 pigs, and 42 chickens to the town elders to get yourself similarly situated. Most folks are also Christian, but most seem to prefer this method of internment, if they can afford it. Supposedly no one really keeps a lot of pigs and chickens these days, they get donated by friends / family when you pass.
You can see the coffins shown close up above, in the lower part of the picture below.
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