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10 most unusual rites of death

New Delhi: Have you seen the Harappan female's mummy in Delhi's National Museum, with pots and all? Does it remind you of the Nile valley civilizational rites of the Pharaohs, starting with Tutenkhamen, the thousand

PTI Updated on: December 15, 2013 7:19 IST
9. Dancing With The Dead




Believe it or not, the Malagasy of Madagascar take out the dead from the graves and jive with them.

The belief behind this ritual called Famadihana is that the spirit of the deceased joins the ancestors after the body has decomposed.

The celebration is often held once every seven years and is a time of joyous family reunions.

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