Death Cultural Crossword

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  1. 5. The body is chopped up into pieces and left to be eaten by vultures.
  2. 6. They would bury the dead in their graves positioned in the direction of their "paradise." They believed that this would help them pass easier to the afterlife paradise.
  3. 9. This culture they would burry their loved ones with their personal belongings to help them in the afterlife. Their graves were in elaborate tombs.
  4. 10. In this culture the dead were given meticulously carved stones so that the living would remember and honor them. There were elaborate tombs, marble stelai, and statues that were used to mark the graves so the deceased would not be forgotten.
  5. 11. In this culture they are burry their dead as soon as possible right after they re cleaned and wrapped in a white shroud.
  6. 12. A ritual celebrated in India where the widowed Hindu woman would lie on the funeral pyre with her deceased husband and was burned alive.
  7. 14. The mourners wore dark togas or in some cases they were white.
  8. 16. A culture where they believe that depending on how a person acts is going to affect how a person gets reincarnated.
  9. 17. A ceremony that includes both Buddhism and Shinto customs.
  10. 19. A culture where they believe the cremation is an occasion for celebration not mourning.
  11. 20. A Native American tribe that believed they should not fear death but they were scared that the deceased would come back and visit the living.
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  1. 1. A self-mummification process that was practiced between the 11th and 19th centuries. The self-mummification process would begin over 3000 days prior to their death.
  2. 2. The person who is mourning must sit on a lower chair and are allowed to accept visitors or deny them.
  3. 3. A day that people believe their loved ones who have passed can return to the world of the living for a day.
  4. 4. People visit the house to sing hymns to help move the soul to the next world.
  5. 7. When they take the dead to get buried they take them out a hole in the wall so the spirit cannot return home. They take them out feet first and take a zig zag path so they cannot find their way back.
  6. 8. In this culture they would place the dead body next to the main entrance and have them blindfolded.
  7. 13. At the funeral the members of the family will tear a piece of their clothing.
  8. 15. In this culture creamtion is not allowed and the body is normally buried by family members.
  9. 18. The culture in New Guinea where they believe there is a strong correlation between physical and emotional pain so they amputate their finger.