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" ... As legend has it, 1,700 years ago one of the Buddha’s teeth was stolen from his funeral pyre and smuggled into Sri Lanka. Today the sacred symbol is housed in the country’s most sacred temple, Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth). Esala Perahera includes a parade every night, each one getting longer, more intense and increasingly colorful—think elephants in vivid finery and male dancers in exotic costumes moving to choreography dictated by whip crackers. ... "
" ... At Sechselauten (“Sexaloyton”), celebrated in Zurich, Switzerland, a nearly 12-foot-tall creature called the Boogg is burned to represent the end of winter. On April 20, ringing church bells, parades, and celebrations accompany the six o’clock burning of the Boogg, and according to locals, the faster the Boogg’s head explodes, the better the summer will be. (Kind of like Groundhog Day, using a shadow as a prediction of winter.) Processions and parties follow, and my favorite part comes at the end: sausages grilled on the burning embers of the Boogg’s pyre. ... "
" ... It looks like he has the unpleasant job of lighting the pyre. No use burying the dead on the off chance the Night King comes back and raises them all up. At this point, burning corpses is second nature and, in any case, much simpler than digging all those graves. ... "
" ... The mourners, confused by my sudden activity, couldn't help turning from the pyre and staring at the sight of a Caucasian woman shaking and wiggling up and down and side to side in some strange ceremonial dance. They seemed to regard my movements as my way of showing respect to the lady going up in smoke. So they continued to watch me intently and with appreciation, as I writhed around, slapping at the ants, hopping on one foot, then the other. ... "
" ... Undertakers wearing protective suits carry a body next to a burning funeral pyre of a person who ... [+] died from Covid-19. ... "