pyres
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The dead are traditionally cremated on funeral pyres in Hindu-majority Nepal, and the burials are viewed as long-term storage until families can retrieve them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
I distinctly remember the heat and fumes from 37 funeral pyres burning simultaneously under the April sun at a Delhi crematorium.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
The 13 bodies were carried on Sunday to the banks of the Bheri River and placed on pyres made of stacked wood.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
Along the great crescent sweep of the river, smoke billowed from the pyres that burn night and day.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
He shuddered, thinking of funeral pyres burning on the surface of the water, of red lights in the deep.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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