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IN INDIA, POOR PEOPLE ARE CREMATED AND THEIR REMAINS ARE SET AFLOAT
ON THE GANGA RIVER IN A CLAY WATER URN.

Submitter comment: THIS IS A HINDU CUSTOM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

James Callow Keyword(s): GANGES?

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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