Ten strange funeral practices

Death can be personal, painful and sometimes spiritual and public.

Death has affected us since the very existence of human beings, as one of the two imperatives of life, at least for now.

From a society's attitude to death, we can look at its customs, religious beliefs, social life, hierarchies, art, technology, etc., almost anything you can think of.

However, given the large world population and the long history of humankind, it was inevitable that certain strange practices of mourning existed.

The original tribe of Ifugao in Philippenes has many names, and here we simply call it “Ifuga”.

In the event of the death of a member of the Ifuga tribe, the relatives and friends of the deceased would proceed to prepare for the funeral, with the express provision that the deceased spouse may not participate.

Male relatives will build a chair to support the dead body in a funeral (for eight days).

The body was washed and blindfolded and placed near the front door of the house, accompanied by a fire.

It's to get rid of the mosquitoes and dry the bodies.

As soon as people begin to deliver the offerings, the spouses are not allowed to look at the bodies or be immersed in the funeral.

In other words, during the funeral, the spouse stays in another room or simply in another house.

If they had only one room, they could live in one room, provided that the spouses promised not to look at the body.

On the fourth day of the funeral, the body was removed from the chair and skin removed.

This is one of the local funeral customs that they consider productive and fertile land.

The skin was then taken off and buried under the house of the deceased.

The body would normally also be buried under the deceased ' s house on that or eighth day.

A few years after the funeral, some of the deceased ' s relatives and friends may experience a major illness, which is said to be disturbed by the victim ' s soul.

In order to avoid such things, they will excavate the bones of the dead, so that the souls of the dead may have a feast with them.

Then another funeral for the bones.

The funeral of the Itneg, known as the Tinguian.

It is located in the Philippines, not far from the Ivory Coast.

Because of their geographical proximity, their funeral practices are somewhat similar but not identical.

Like the people of Ivorgo, they would wash the bodies of the deceased, dress him and place him in specially made chairs.

To date, these are their standard procedures.

But the Etnigs are very concerned about the evil spirit, so they have many necessary steps to ensure security.

For example, there is a demon called “Kadongayan”, who likes to appear suddenly and smiles like a devil clown, with his big mouth on his face and slits his mouth.

In order to avoid that, they would hang the pig's guts outside the door during the funeral.

In addition to this, they would hang an injured live chicken on the door next to the body, send a message to “Kadongayan”, and people would do the same to it.

They placed their dishes under the body in order to prevent the flow of liquids.

These dishes are downThey are also brought to the grave together.

The demon “Ibwa” used to be friendly at funerals, but one time he accidentally got these plates and tasted human gravy.

Since then, he has often come with his friend Selday to enjoy the body.

The demon “Akop” brings death to the spouse of the deceased.

He has no torso, only a head and a thin limb.

In order to avoid him, the spouse must hide behind the pillow and sleep in the net for three days.

On the third day, tribal fighters usually go to the surrounding tribal territories to hunt for heads.

The body is buried under the house because it is the best way to defend against the devil.

After the funeral was covered with some pig-blooded oil, the usual life could be restored.

However, at the end of the funeral, the spouse is required to perform an additional three months of mourning.

A group of Filipinos from the Carvite area of Luzon Island, Philippines, are buried in the Meteite Tree.

Although they live on an island with the Ifuga and the Itnig, their burial practices are quite different due to the distance between the areas in which they live.

Compared to the widespread practice of burial practices around the world, such as mummies, cremations and even the most common, the burial of the gorges is relatively simple and natural.

They will bury those who have died in the tree.

The gorges believe that the trees give human life, so we need the care, care and reward that we will get.

When we die, the bodies are to be buried standing up in the emptied trees and to give life to the trees by handing over their bones.

Which tree will be used to complete the burial, which is usually chosen by the dead.

They choose the trees they use when they are old or dying for other reasons.

Overall, the burials are more similar to the tree houses.

In recent years, burials have become a more popular alternative to casket burials.

The Indonesian Ghost Festival, although in many cultures people buried or cremated the dead in many strange ways, was a group of people who liked to bring them back to life.

Torajans, an indigenous Indonesian, excavated the bodies of his dead family from their graves every three years and marched with him in town.

On the ground, Ma'nene was seen as a commemoration of the memory of the dead, excavating the bodies of the people they loved from their graves, dressing them up and spending some time with them.

In addition to the new clothes, the family also makes the bodies dry to ensure that they can be stored for as long as possible.

A man named Piter Sampe Sambara, who had been dead for more than 80 years, meant that his body had undergone more than 25 such ceremonies.

Although he does not seem so attractive, his body does not look as bad as it would have been, given that he died in 1932.

The funeral of King Tonga is located in the Polynesian Community (Polynesia) and is organized by approximately 170 island groupsSmall States.

Its full name, The Kingdom of Tonga, is the only island nation in the South Pacific that maintains a monarchy.

The monarchy of the Kingdom of Tonga has a history of more than a thousand years, and despite the fact that the last King, Tupou V, has enacted a series of transformative laws to lead Tonga to democracy, the people of the Kingdom continue to respect the royal family with particular respect.

In the eyes of the Tongan people, their kings are no more noble than they are and cannot be touched by anyone in their lifetime.

After the King's death, only a small number of people, commonly known as “nima tapu”, have access to their remains, which can be translated as “sacred hands”.

Once they have prepared the remains of the King, they cannot contact the outside world or use their hands until the end of the mourning period.

The mourning period lasted 100 days.

Because this rule is a little impractical, they have someone to take their baths and meet all their needs during the mourning period.

If those who have come into contact with the holy body are dealt with in accordance with the ancient law, they either kill their heads or cut off their hands.

So, by contrast, these people are now well treated.

The funeral of Fiji's Republic of the Fiji Islands (Fiji) is a very small country, so it is not surprising that some of their strange traditions have been followed by different tribes on the island.

One of the death traditions is to kill healthy family members in one way or another.

One is that one person finds his parents (or vice versa) and tells them it is time that they have caused too much burden and that it is over.

The family then discusses whether parents choose to be strangled or buried alive, but there is no room for discussion as to whether to die or not.

In the event of the death of a tribal leader, women beat men with whips, while men burned clay to women with bamboo for nine days.

Self-harm is also a common way for them to mourn.

They cut off their little thumbs or toes, and women burn themselves with fire.

The last and most famous is the practice of strangling those close to the deceased, which includes, but is not limited to, the wife of the male deceased because they believe that he will be accompanied in the next life.

The main influence of this culture of voluntary death is that many Fijians believe that a person's state at the time of his death is that of his passing, meaning that any disability or impairment will always follow you.

As a result, many prefer to make such choices in health rather than risk permanent disability, a tradition that, unexpectedly, gradually faded away in the twentieth century.

The Bali cremation is a deliberate burial ceremony designed by Bali to cleanse the souls of the dead and lead them to the Hereafter.

As in many cultural practices, cremation is a celebration of life, not a mourning of death.

Because they think death means rebirth.

Prior to the official start of the cremation ceremony, the bodies were packed and placed in a basket of bamboo, which amounted to a small bedroom during which the families of the deceased were running as if they were sleeping.

Then, in the familyThe body was temporarily buried in the temple of the deceased until sufficient funds were made available for the cremation ceremony.

Once the money is saved, the coffin will be placed in a colored, fine-working tower of up to 9 metres (30 feet).

At the beginning of the ceremony, the tower will be carried to the crematorium by a few young men, with no regularity in the process, and it will rotate and walk, so that the souls of the dead will not find their way back.

The body was placed in a cow-shaped sarcophagus and then set on fire.

The ashes of the dead collected will be scattered into the sea to cleanse the soul.

Korea, which produces ash beads, covers an area of approximately 1 million square kilometres (39,000 square metres actually available) (which, roughly speaking, is equivalent to Kentucky, United States, or half of the British Empire), is not a vast country.

The Republic of Korea, which now has a population of 50 million, is a mountainous country, thus creating a huge problem — a lack of burial space.

To address this problem, the Korean Government adopted a decree in 2000.

The decree requires all families to remove their loved ones from the cemetery 60 years after their death.

The cold decree reduced the number of burials by half for more than a decade, and 70 per cent of those who chose to cremate.

However, because of the high level of respect for ancestors in Korean culture, many Koreans do not agree with this way of burying their loved ones.

This led to the establishment of Bonhyang, a Korean funeral service.

Bonhyang uses high-temperature heating to make the ashes of the deceased pearls like stones.

These ashes are of different colours, and the number of beads that can be made is determined by the size and age of each individual.

Young people have more ashes to make ash because of higher bone density.

Although there are eight cups of beads, they are not used as jewellery.

On the contrary, the beads will be kept in transparent cups, which will provide people with a good way to sacrifice the dead.

Attempts to make ashes in the United States have not received attention.

This way of remembering the dead with ashes is now largely confined to Korea.

And if you don't care about the urn, you can also make it a urn.

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