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To: CynicalBear; metmom; boatbums
Papua New Guinea Tribes "venerate" their dead similar to that of catholics....only they cure/smoke them and display them above their village so the people can "venerate" them there...rather than build glass cabinets for them or hang them in churches

.....Here they're priest/type workers are preparing this corpse similar as the vatican workers prepare their corpses, to be put into position and displayed as seen below this photo...

They remove body parts as well....the soles of the feet, palms of the hands and tongue are sliced off and presented to the surviving spouse... and then what's left of the body is smoke cured over a fire pit, but not before sprucing them up before .. robing/coating them in clay and ochre............ The most-respected warriors are placed on 'special' lookout points on the cliffs, watching out for invaders....rather like catholics believe the spirits of the departed watch over them....

This man is honoring his dead by visiting, though he doesn't appear to have his head bowed, nor hands folded , nor on bended knee before this corpse.


1,827 posted on 09/26/2014 2:16:05 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww
Oh I forgot to include.....These preserved corpses are also brought down for special events and celebrations...rather like catholics move their corpses and body parts from church to church for their celebrations.


1,828 posted on 09/26/2014 2:22:51 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

They could be Catholic!


1,833 posted on 09/26/2014 2:51:08 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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Gives a quite different twist to the phrase: Man Cave!


1,994 posted on 09/26/2014 8:03:25 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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