In most cultures, death is certain. It is the final truth. Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, and Jain communities believe in rebirth based on karma (actions). Christians, Muslims, and Jews believe in the ...

It involves exhuming the bodies of deceased relatives every few years for a big family reunion – complete with music, dancing, and feasting! This practice might seem strange at first, but for the ...

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Footage of a Famadihana (also known as "digging up the dead" ceremony) is an exhumation ceremony to honor ancestors. This famadihana was performed by the Malgache people of Madagascar. The body of an ...

Families digging up corpses of relatives killed by the Black Death to dance with them in an ancient ritual are spreading the plague, officials say. The practice of Famadihana in Madagascar sees locals ...

The current plague outbreak in Madagascar has killed more than 100 people, and officials say that a centuries-old tradition may increase the risk of further spread, according to news reports. The ...

In Madagascar, winter brings with it a unique family gathering. Across the central highlands, communities practise the famadihana – the “turning of the dead”. The ritual, rooted in Austronesian ...