Culture and Death

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Across
  1. 4. burial grounds built under cities and churches, particularly in Italy.
  2. 7. a festival, originating in Mexico, that honors the dead.
  3. 8. a unique burial tradition practiced by a particular sect of Tibetan Monks
  4. 9. the maximum length of burial in many German cemeteries
  5. 10. a burial tradition used in rural areas of highly-populated Asian countries
  6. 11. funerals typically happen 2-3 weeks after death in this country
  7. 13. the process of draining the blood form a body, and replacing it with special fluid in many Western cultures.
  8. 15. US sailors who served on the ships sunk in this attack have the right to be buried on their ship's wreckage
  9. 16. a tradition discovered to have been used by Neanderthals
  10. 18. an elaborate funeral held at least 40 days after the burial of a loved one in many African societies
  11. 19. the number of wakes held after a Russian funeral
Down
  1. 1. a German cake served at both weddings and funerals
  2. 2. the material of "spirit money" that is burned at a Chinese funeral
  3. 3. a postmortem event that is forbidden by Muslim tradition
  4. 5. an immediate relative of the deceased in Jewish tradition
  5. 6. the process used by Ancient Egyptians to prepare the dead for the afterlife.
  6. 11. the week of mourning following a funeral in Jewish tradition
  7. 12. the place a Muslim person's face should be turned toward upon death.
  8. 14. flowers worn in the hair of women at a Chinese funeral, which indicate their relation to the deceased by the flower's color
  9. 17. the act of ceremonially burning the body of the deceased, commonly used among the Hindu faith