To: roadcat
Traditions vary. When I was younger there still was a custom of sitting up with the dead at your home. And as for a body, pretty much every funeral home washes the body prior to funeral, and dresses it up. African tribal areas obviously don't have those resources, but they still practice a similar function.
20 posted on
09/03/2014 2:38:48 PM PDT by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: Theoria
Okay. But if it’s known that a deadly disease is going on, you shouldn’t kidnap the body from the hospital/clinic. At least the hospital/clinic and funeral homes would take precautions. These family members practicing these customs are a big reason the disease is spreading.
23 posted on
09/03/2014 2:47:21 PM PDT by
roadcat
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