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1. In some parts of Eastern Indonesia, what do family members do, sometimes for years, to the deceased?
2. Many South Korean families, on the death of a loved one, have that person's dead body turned into which ornamental embellishments?
3. Depending in which area one dies in the Philippines, the post-death practices also vary. Where do the Apayo people, from the north of that country, bury deceased family members?
4. The United States, it seems, is moving away from traditional funerals of cement and tears and expensive coffins to more environmentally friendly green funerals instead. Can you name the final resting place of one of these new methods, Nemo?
5. Madagascar has a very unusual after-death practice which goes on indefinitely, or as long as the body can still show an ankle. What do they do with dead bodies every five years?
6. What is the eventual and very grim fate of deceased loved ones in Mongolia?
7. Were all Viking warriors, upon their death, sent drifting out to sea in burning boats?
8. Over in Bali, the funeral ceremonies there relied on the death rate. What had to take place first?
9. What is, or used to be, the procedure in Kiribati several months after the death of a loved one?
10. Burial at sea was once a tradition of long standing in the British navy. What had to take place, though, before the body was let slip down forever into the depths below?
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