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  • DANCING WITH DEATH Plague is spreading because relatives are digging up their Black Death dead

    10/31/2017 8:42:32 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 38 replies
    www.thesun.co.uk ^ | 10/31/2017 | By Danny Collins
    FULL TITLE: DANCING WITH DEATH Plague is spreading because relatives are digging up their Black Death dead and DANCING with the corpses as part of ancient Madagascan ritual called Famadihana =========================================================================== Madagascans have been told to stop the traditional practice of Famadihana - which sees locals dig up deceased relatives and dance with them before they are re-buried. It is feared the ceremony has helped spread an outbreak of pneumonic plague that has left more than 120 dead on the African island It is feared the ceremony has helped spread an outbreak of pneumonic plague that has left more than...