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FUNERAL--INDIA
IT USED TO BE A COMMON CUSTOM IN INDIA THAT THE HUSBAND
BE CREMATED. IN THE PROCESS, THE WIFE OF THE
DEAD MAN WOULD THROW HERSELF ON THE FUNERAL PYRE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-27-1968
