This article describes the seven most unusual
funeral rituals in the world.
1. Fun at the funeral.
Residents of Donhai Province decided to be in China
turn boring funeral ritual into a bright and cheerful holiday.
The status of the deceased in this province is determined by the number of
at his funeral people. So that more people come
the number of mourners at the funeral invites strippers. Authorities
trying to prevent such a funeral, but to no avail.
2. Funeral in debt.
For some Indonesian tribes, funerals are also an occasion.
for fun music and dancing, but not everyone can afford it
magnificent ritual. Therefore, the deceased is wrapped in white sheets and
are considered sick, and the family begins to collect money for
ritual Sometimes a patient can lie for several months until
I will raise money.
3. Mummified himself.
Choosing the self-monification monk – a Buddhist condemns himself to death.
It all starts with a diet. You can only eat nuts and fruit along with
this need to do some physical exercise. In this way,
all the fat from the body is displayed. The next step is to induce vomiting.
in order to get rid of water in the body. Then for a thousand days
the monk eats only tree bark and roots. And on the last
stage monk goes to the stone grave and awaits death there. If he still
alive, he should ring the bell every day. If the call is not
heard, the grave is sealed for a thousand days and the process
mummification is completed.
4. Death from fasting.
Another suicidal ritual takes place in India. It is called
Santhara. Having decided that life goals have been achieved and the soul is ready
cleanse, the believer just starves himself.
5. Soaring coffins of China.
The soaring coffins are the legacy left by those who once lived in China.
people bo. This people did not survive the onslaught of the Ming Dynasty and disappeared a lot
years ago. Their coffins were carved from a single piece of wood. Then
the coffins were placed in the clefts of the cliffs or hung on
special supports. Scientists have several versions explaining
необычность этого ritual So some say that way
no one could defile the burial. Others argue that
thus, tribesmen tried to ensure an easy transition of the soul
to another world (according to popular belief, the rocks corresponded to the ladders in
sky). So the oldest coffin is 2500 years old, and the most
young – 400 years old.
6. Just about the difficult.
Aboriginal Australia, more precisely the northern part of the funeral
divided into two stages. In the first stage, the body is laid on
wooden platform and strewn with leaves. In this state, the body
the deceased is left for several months. Stained after this
the remains of red ocher body either buried in caves or bones
put in a hollow tree (the so-called “tube”). Then тубус или
cave painted with totem signs. Aborigines believe that with
using this ritual, the soul can go a dangerous way into the world
different.
7. Freakish form of a coffin.
The peoples of Ha living in Ghana can have different coffins
forms from chicken to bus. From the coffin you can easily find out who was
a person during his lifetime, or rather what he did. This tradition has appeared
thanks to a curious occasion in 1950. Ruler that
ruled the country in those years asked to make for himself a stretcher in the form
bed and chairs but not simple but in the form of a huge eagle, but that day
when the order was made, he suddenly died. Relatives so him and
buried in these stretchers.
These are the funeral rituals and customs practiced.
now or practiced in the past. They are always held with one
целью, чтобы облегчить путь души в мир different.
