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One of the most bizarre rituals of the ancient world:


One of the most bizarre rituals of the ancient world:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151130-one-of-most-bizarre-rituals-of-the-ancient-world

[What to do with family members who are no longer with us? Well....why not smoke them and but them on display?]

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Re: One of the most bizarre rituals of the anchient world:


this used to be done in Scotland!

there were human remains found in the Hebrides which showed signs of having been 'pickled' in a peat bog - to tan the skin and then having been smoked to preserve the body.

One of the more macabre was that the head found associated with the body didnt belong to it - and the jaw bone didnt belong to the head or the body - it was as if 'uncle Joe' was so loved that they couldnt bear for him to go so they used all the means at their disposal to keep him and when his head fell off (about 500 years after he died) they just replaced it with another one!



But then in parts of Europe they bury the body and then annually disinter it and wash it down - when the bones eventually dis articulate they are placed in an ossuary

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the practice has pretty much died out except in some parts of Italy

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Re: One of the most bizarre rituals of the anchient world:


Human bones into art? Makes sense in a strange sort of way.

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Re: One of the most bizarre rituals of the anchient world:


Indonesian village Toraja dig up dead relatives and give them new ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Zombie-chic-Indonesian-village-Toraja-s-bizarre-annual-ritu...
Sep 5, 2014 - Zombie chic: Indonesian province’s bizarre annual ritual of digging up its dead to give them a wash, groom and dress them in new clothes. ..

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