Weirdest Ceremonies from Other Cultures
| May 8, 2017
Yanomami Burial Ritual
Another Southern American tribe that practices an unusual ritual is the Yanomami tribe of Venezuela and Brazil. When a loved one dies, their body is cremated, and then the ashes are mixed into a special type of soup, which is then ingested by members of their immediate family. In this way, the Yanomami believe that the spirit of the dead will live on in the bodies of the living. Any bodies not cremated and ingested are believed to haunt their friends and family until the mistake is rectified.
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