Funerary and mourning rites of Africa and Australia: the Yoruba itutu that cools the spirit of the dead, the Malagasy famadihana of turning the bones and the Aboriginal Sorry Business of mourning. A ritual belongs here when its cited article describes a death rite of an African or Aboriginal Australian people. It excludes Eurasian and Near Eastern funerary rites. Examples in the atlas include Itutu.
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Famadihana (Wikipedia)
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Famadihana is a funerary tradition of the Malagasy peoples of Madagascar.
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