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Old 04-17-2007, 06:51 AM   #1
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April 17, 2007: Hindu festival includes dead body parts



There's not much more information on this item from the Washington Post Day in Photos gallery, but I thought it was wild. Most religions are careful about handling the dead and make sure any corpses are long gone. Not so here. The official caption says
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Hindu devotees parade carrying human remains during a rare religious festival in the remote village of Sona Palasi. India.
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Old 04-17-2007, 07:48 AM   #2
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Bring out your dead!
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Old 04-17-2007, 09:18 AM   #3
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and carry them around!
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Old 04-17-2007, 09:26 AM   #4
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"It's a dead man's party. Who could ask for more? Everybody's coming leave your body at the door."
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Old 04-17-2007, 09:28 AM   #5
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I hope they heed the sign that says "Stop Ahead."
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Old 04-17-2007, 10:05 AM   #6
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stop, a head?
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Old 04-17-2007, 10:08 AM   #7
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What's that in the road, a head?

What's that dragging, a long behind?
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Old 04-17-2007, 10:09 AM   #8
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Hindu festival includes dead body parts


What good festival doesn't include dead body parts?
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Old 04-17-2007, 10:23 AM   #9
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Kinda makes me want to skip the 3-legged race.
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Old 04-17-2007, 10:39 AM   #10
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Wink dammit people, that's funny!

There was a HUGE controversy there a couple years ago. Stevie Nicks was slated for a concert, but when she opened with "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" the concertgoers started a riot.
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Old 04-17-2007, 11:07 AM   #11
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I can't identify the parts of the body those are. Unless they are innards...

You think on their driver's license they have to sign the back for human body remain donation?

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Old 04-17-2007, 11:10 AM   #12
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I'll also pass on the evening organ recital.
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Old 04-17-2007, 11:14 AM   #13
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I'll also pass on the evening organ recital.
What, with your penchant for organs?
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What, with your penchant for organs?
Wind instruments are different.
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Old 04-17-2007, 01:25 PM   #15
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My friend just came back from his dad's funeral in Japan. He brought some of his father's bones back with him. Apparently it's traditional.

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