Death and dying

1. In which Christian tradition is it customary to conduct a wake before the burial service?
5. Which Southeast Asian culture practices elaborate funeral rites that can last for weeks or even months?
10. Which culture holds a festival called "Pchum Ben" to honor spirits of the ancestors?
11. In which culture are bodies buried with personal possessions for the afterlife, such as in ancient times?
13. What is the name of the Hindu ritual where the eldest son lights the funeral pyre?
15. In which culture is it customary to mourn for 7 days during the period known as Shiva?
17. In which culture are mourners expected to wear white, symbolizing purity and peace during funerals?
18. In which culture is a funeral marked by colorful cloths, music, and celebrations rather than mourning?
19. Which religion believes in reincarnation and conducts sky burials, leaving the body on a mountaintop to be consumed by vultures?
20. In which Asian culture is it traditional to have a large feast to honor the dead on Qingming Festival?

2. In which country is it common to cremate the dead and float the ashes in the sacred Ganges River?
3. Which culture practices tree burials, allowing bodies to decompose naturally in the branches of trees?
4. Which African tradition involves a "second burial" where bones of the deceased are exhumed, cleaned, and reburied?
6. In which culture is cremation seen as a method of purification, and ashes are kept in homes or placed in family tombs?
7. What is the body placed in after death?
8. Which Native American tribe believes in the practice of tree burials, where the body is left to decompose naturally in the branches of a tree?
9. What culture practices "turning of the bones" or Famadihana, where ancestors' remains are re-wrapped and celebrated?
12. Which culture celebrates Día de los Muertos to honor deceased ancestors?
14. What is the appropriate direction for Muslims to face when buried?
15. Which culture believes in the Feast of Ancestral Spirits, celebrated with offerings of food and drink?
16. Which Polynesian culture has a tradition of keeping the deceased at home for days or weeks for mourning and visiting?