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1. This maritime custom that involves stranded sailors drawing straws to decide who will be killed and eaten so that some of the others could survive is known as The Custom of ___________?
2. In Tibet, there is a death custom which involves a priest ritually cutting up a corpse into pieces and placing them on top of a mountain, so that birds of prey may eat the flesh. This type of burial is called a _______ Burial.
3. During the Black Death, a French custom surfaced that was meant to remind the people of how delicate and frail their lives were. It was also meant to remind people to not partake in earthly delights and sin. This custom was a procession known as the Danse _________?
4. When Ancient Egyptians mummified a person, they would remove various organs from the body and place them in vessels known as ________ jars.
5. There is a custom in which living relatives offer notes of money to their dead relatives in hope that the relative could use the money in the afterlife. These notes of money are known as Hell Bank Notes and are traditionally used in what culture?
6. During the Second Crusade, after important knights or soldiers had died, the custom of Mos Teutonicus would sometimes be performed on them. What exactly does this custom involve?
7. In Judaism, when a close relative dies, it is customary for the family to go through a period of grief and mourning known as Shiv'ah. What does the word 'Shiv'ah' mean in Hebrew?
8. In ancient Rome when a person died, their body would be taken to burial in a procession. During the procession, there would be a chief jester who would stand behind the body and imitate the person as if they were living. What was the name of this type of jester?
9. This mass known in Latin as 'Missa Defunctorum', is a service of the Catholic Church which prays for salvation of departed souls. It also shares its title with various musical works that commemmorate the dead. What is the name of this mass/musical composition?
10. Cremation of the deceased is illegal in Japan.
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