burial
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But in Congo, relatives often insist on traditional burial practices, which include washing corpses to usher the dead into the afterlife.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
A body is even infectious after a person dies, making burial rituals that involve touching a deceased person, a common practice in this region, especially risky.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Communities practiced cremation, traditional burials, skull only depositions, and complex multi stage burial rites, sometimes within the same settlements.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
And to ensure anyone who dies and whose body remains infectious has a safe burial.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Frankie asked, when I told him about my work at the burial society.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing burial
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -al, -ial
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"Taste of Salt" by Frances Collins, Chapters 13–18
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Doctor Faustus
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