Rituals have been a integral part of human culture and the way we treat the dead body differs from religion to religion of different countries. Let’s face this, and get acquainted by some of the most unusual, worst and unusual death burial rituals existing in the world.
1. Tibetan Buddhist Celestial Burials
Buddhists in Tibet often opt the unusual type of burial where the body is chopped into pieces and latter mixed with flour. Now, the body is left to be eaten up by scavenging bird.
2. Endocannibalism – Eating the flesh of dead
Let’s get acquainted with the worst death ritual existing still in the Yanomamo community in South America where people still eat the flesh of the dead body. They proceed chomping on ash and bones of the deceased.
3. Famadihana- Dancing with live music
Tradition of the Malagasy people in Madagascar sets apart too. The people believe to treat the dead body in a cheerful way for the last time. They re-wrap the dead body in new cloths, than dance around the tomb to live music.
4. Funeral with Strippers
There is myth believed that the dead man’s reputation is considered to be directly proportional to the number of people attending the funeral. So, the relatives hire strippers to pull the crowds in Taiwan and rural China.
5. Hanging of Coffins
This is one of the most ancient rituals practiced by the old Chinese Dynasties which involves hanging of coffins on the high rock cliffs. This is to make sure that coffin is close to sky which will make the dead find his place closer to heaven.
6. Ritual Finger Amputation- Cut their own finger
The Dani people of West Papua, New Guinea have to cut off their own fingers.The fingers are tied tightly with the string and then cut with an axe.
7. Cannibalism
This is again one of the most unusual traditions of funeral in Brazil where the community people feast upon the deceased’s body. The family member’s come together with some fire and other spices to make the body edible.
8. Fantasy Coffin
Residents of this Accran suburb of Ghana bury their dead in fantasy coffins. If you have been loving guitar all these years, you would be buried in a guitar coffin.
9. Strangulation – Killing the near ones of deceased
South Pacific Island of Fiji , follows a traditional funeral ceremony where the people kill the dear ones of the deceased. They believe that the dead one should not be left alone and should always be accompanied by a loved one.
10. Mass Scavenging
In Pacific Northwest Coast of North America the ritual practiced is throwing the dead body in a vicinity of town in one pit and letting wild animals to feast on them.
