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Kiribati Skull Burial
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Preperation
The body is kept within the house for 3 to 9 days, more if the person was important and a special pudding made from the root of a local plant is made as an offering.
Works Cited
KIRIBATI SKULL
BURIAL
Information
"Cross Cultural Burial Rituals « Anthropology.net." Anthropology.net. Web. 07 Oct. 2011. <http://anthropology.net/2008/06/30/cross-cultural-burial-rituals/>.
From Birth To Death In Kiribati." Jane's Oceania Home Page. Web. 07 Oct. 2011. <http://www.janeresture.com/kculture/index.htm>.
Pictures
http://mysendoff.com/2011/06/kiribati-skull-burial/
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/oceania/ki.htm
http://www.behindcity.com/explore/kiribati/kiribati/tarawa/
By: Stephen Maddox, Cody Kerr,
Nadeem Mansouri
Removal
After a few months, the body is dug up, the skull is removed, polished, and, offered food and tobacco.
After the Ceremony
The skull is kept on a shelf in the family of the deceased's home.