rites

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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

Xi accompanied Trump on a tour of Beijing’s 15th-century Temple of Heaven, where China’s Ming and Qing emperors held rites to seek bountiful harvests and other blessings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“Fed up with the rites of spring,” Columbia Spectator, March 23, 1987.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Her last rites will take place on Monday evening at Shivaji Park in Mumbai city, with full state honours.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

"In India, only a son can perform funeral rites for his father."

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins