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- 3. Which Chinese festival involves tomb-sweeping and offerings? (7 letters) Hint: Qingming.
- 5. What Malagasy term means "turning of the bones"? (9 letters)
- 6. What Japanese festival honors ancestors with lanterns and dances? (4 letters) Hint: "Spirit festival."
- 7. What Tibetan Buddhist ritual involves offering bodies to scavenger birds? (8 letters)
- 9. Irish custom involves covering mirrors to prevent trapped souls? (5 letters)
- 14. Which Ghanaian tradition uses "fantasy coffins" shaped like cars or fish? (5 letters)
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- 17. In which religion are bodies placed on "Towers of Silence" for vultures to consume? (10 letters) Hint: Ancient Persian faith.
- 19. Which Hindu tradition requires scattering ashes in the Ganges River? (5 letters)
- 20. Which Native American tribe cuts mourners’ hair after a death? (5 letters) Hint: Found in the Southwest.
- 21. What Egyptian practice preserved bodies for the afterlife? (12 letters)
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- 1. Which Nordic warriors sent chiefs to sea on burning ships? (6 letters)
- 2. What Jewish custom mandates burial within 24 hours of death? (6 letters)
- 4. Which Balinese ritual involves cremating effigies to liberate souls? (6 letters)
- 8. South Korean practice transforms cremated ashes into colorful beads? (6 letters)
- 10. Which culture believes owls signal impending death and leaves caskets ajar? (5 letters) Hint: North American tribe.
- 11. Which culture practices "Famadihana," exhuming and dancing with ancestors' remains every 5–7 years? (9 letters) Hint: An island nation in Africa.
- 12. What Victorian-era keepsake used the deceased’s hair? (6 letters)
- 13. Which Muslim tradition requires burial facing Mecca? (5 letters)
- 16. What Filipino practice involves hanging coffins on cliffs? (7 letters) Hint: Sagada region.
- 18. Which Mexican holiday honors the dead with marigold altars and sugar skulls? (8 letters)