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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