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Every culture of the world bids farewell to death in its own way, but there are some traditions which give goosebumps as soon as you hear them. Somewhere dead bodies are buried, somewhere they are burnt, and somewhere the meaning of farewell is something else. There is a ritual of a tribe living in the dense forests of South America, in which after death the ashes are turned into soup. This tradition may seem scary, but their belief behind it is very deep.
A completely different way of looking at death
In the modern world, peace is desired after death, but for the Yanomami tribe, the path to peace is different. This tribe lives in the border areas of Venezuela and Brazil and even today is largely away from outside civilization. For them, death is not considered the end, but the beginning of the next journey of the soul. This thinking gives birth to their most shocking tradition.
Ash Soup and Last Farewell
In the Yanomami tribe, after the death of a person, the body is not immediately cremated. First it is kept covered with leaves and sticks in the forest. After about a month, when the body has changed naturally, then it is brought back. After this the dead body is burnt and the ashes that remain are carefully collected. This ash is mixed with water or soup and consumed by the entire family.
No fear, a sense of respect
This tradition seems horrifying to the outside world, but for the people of the tribe it is a symbol of respect. They believe that the soul of a dead person keeps wandering until his body becomes a part of his own people. For them, drinking the ashes is not a mourning, but a process of embracing the soul. They call it endocannibalism, that is, symbolically assimilating a dead person from one’s own community.
faith related to peace of soul
The Yanomami tribe believe that if the ashes of the deceased are accepted by the family, his soul can live in peace among the forest, the air, and the living. They believe that if this is not done, the spirit may get angry and may bring trouble to the entire community, hence this tradition is considered not just a ritual but a means of balancing life and death.
Modern view vs tribal thinking
Today’s modern thinking may consider this tradition strange or unacceptable, but for anthropologists it shows the depth of culture. This ritual of the Yanomami tribe shows how different the ways of understanding death can be around the world. While on one side there is fear, on the other side there is also a hidden feeling of belongingness and trust.
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