13 Strange Burial Traditions from Around the World
| April 2, 2018
In Madagascar, the tradition known as the Turning of the Bones is practiced by the indigenous Malagasy people, and occurs once every seven years. Local families take the bones of their deceased ancestors from their tombs, and re-wrap them in beautiful new shrouds, then dance with the bones to live music.
The Malagasy people believe that the soul of the deceased person can only join the world of the ancestors when their body is completely decomposed, so they celebrate this occasion with this ritual, known as Famidhana. This ritual is losing popularity though as with the rise of Christianity in Madagascar, this secular ritual is rapidly falling out of practice.
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