The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-12-04

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mummifying them. The Wadaos do
not believe in letting a prominent citi-
zen go unattended, SO a man slave and
a woman are buried with him alive.
The woman holds the head and the
man goes along to shop wood. The
neighbors, the Wanyamwezi, believe
that burial pollutes the earth, so they
establish cemeteries wherein the bod
/ les are thrown. They have fought wars
with the Arabs, who wanted to bury
the dead in the ground.
The desire of every civilized pefson
Ito be buried at home'-is shown by
THE Mumias, who are NilOtic negroes.
They first bury the body in the floor of
the hut with the head above ground
! and watch it for months Then they
disinter the bones, wash and polish
Them and carry them scores of miles
! to the old home Of the tribe, where they
are buried in sacred ground. This
same 'homing' desire is shown by the
! Sakalava of Madagascar. There the
bodies are buried in canoe shaped cof-
/ fins-possibly so they can cross some
Madagascar Styx-and the funerals are
accompanied by human sacrifices, A
small portion Of the body is cut off,
placed in the hollow tooth of a croco-
die, and the tooth is deposited in the
sacred house at Majanga.
! THE Lulaka bury their dead in the
yards of houses with singing and dam
cling, and months afterward dig up the
bones, wash them and bury them in
the sacred ground. Indians of North
/ America place their dead on platforms
above the earth, often killing a favorite
horse to carry the dead to the happy
hunting grounds Beads pipes food
and water are supplied, Ssome tribes
place the skulls in circles on the prai-
/ ries. Dead Obongos are placed in
4 hollow trees, the holllWs being sealed
UP with mud. Others are buried in the
beds Of streams, which are turned from
their courses until the funeral is over,
The Flliplnos bury the dead ostenta-
tiously with music and singing and
bury the favorite possessions with the
body.
Whether for sanitary reasons or not,
the saltos always have habit Of burn
ing down the houses in which death oc-
ours. Articles used in life are buried
with the body,
"A Niam-Niam corpse is handsomer
than a live Mammalian. The body is
dyed a bright red and decorated with
feathers, The men are buried facing
the east and the women facing the
: vvpe MI tc a,
bodies
"Liu-Kio mourners are extremely
faithful Each family owns a beauti-
full and imposing white tomb, which is
often pawned, but always redeemed.
The body is placed In this tomb, Two
years later there Is another funeral, for
the family reassembles, washes the
bones, places them in a jar and en-
shrines them with the ancestors. The
Nasal never speak ill-or well-of the
dead, who are buried in seated position,
with the knees under the chin and with
a calabash Of milk near by, The name
of the dead never is uttered again. for
it Will bring a curse.
The New Guinea natives also are
considerate OF the dead, After the
body is buried, instead of erecting a
tomb the wood carver makes the image
of a man, which Is placed in the yard,
SO that the spirit may have a place to
reside in until his body is ready for it
again, If the image Is not put up the
spirit has to wander.
THE Abysslnians make a feast of a
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upon the relatives. The Ackawos Of
Guiana are buried standing, and the
American post hole digger has eased
the work Of the grave diggers, Fiiian
wives walk cheerfully and happily to
the graves of their lords, where they
are killed and buried with them
The ruling passion strong in death is
exempllhed by the shoho-a tribe of in
veterate beggars-for the dead are bur
led with their left hands extending
above earth, still asking aims, Every
good Arab is buried with his face to-
ward Mecca, his sword and girdle and
turban beside him. The women only
mourn and hired female mourners how
for days"
The Irish and the Ashiri are not re-
lated, but both hold wakes The
Ashiri, however, bury the dead in sit
ting position-and keep up the wake
for weeks, besides furnishing food and
fire for the corpse. The Balwa have nc
ceremony whatever and erect no monu-
ments The Bongo sew the dead in
sacks and bury them seated the wo-
men facing south and the men north
and a drinking vessel is placed on the
calrn of stone above them. Theil
neighbors, the Dyur, bury the dead in
mounds.
The native of Nyasaland is the mos
comfortable corpse of all. He is buried
in hammock, swinging between poles
In the grave A thateh is placed ovel
the body and earth filled in. The
, Greeks make a festival of burial, thu
: body being arrayed in costly clothes
, and propped up in an open coffin witt
t a pillow of earth as it rides In state t
J the grave, In Cyprus the pillow 1t
} filled with lemon leaves.
The Arawaks of Guiana wrap tn,
body in a hammock and bury 1t seated
= in palm leaf lined grave, while th'
mourners scream and cut off their hair
The Land Dyas of Borneo cremat
their dead, while the Sea Dyas bur!
theirs in fine raiment Female mourn
ers do all the mourning and line tn
graves with rare rugs. The ouria
places are avoided at all times.
Probably the most economical funera
of all is among the Fans, who have nj
cemeteries They eat their dead Gu