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moss wrote: Markoid wrote: tiompan wrote: Yes ,the more sanitised stuff is relatively recent and it's imagined that the beliefs and rituals are pretty similar even across Europe , when that is not the case . Secondary burial is still carried out in southern and eastern Europe with attendant rituals that seem strange to us north westerners . Rituals respect the dead and the living. I think that's where the word came from. A relegious term. Almost like a trance - like prayer. Less sanitised, and please don't read the link if you are squeamish, is the Tibetan 'sky burials' and probably nearer in principle to the excarnation of the prehistoric period. http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~pamlogan/skybury.htm It's likely that there was more to the rituals than just excarnation ,if contemporary practices from differing cultures are anything to go by . Smearing yourself in the more liquid remains of the ancestors , takes a bit of beating . Reply | with quote |  13th June 2016ce 14:53 In reply to: Re: What they did with their dead .... (moss)2 replies: Re: What they did with their dead .... (Markoid) Re: What they did with their dead .... (Howburn Digger) |
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