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Crowd Watching a Funeral Pyre. Kwang Nung, Republic
of Korea
The funeral and cremation of Young Am, a revered
Buddhist monk.
Photographer: Nathan Benn, 1987
Cremation Ceremony for a Prince. Ubud, Bali,
Indonesia
Flames rise from an altar that was built for the
cremation ceremony of Prince Tjokorda.
Photographer: Gian Berto Vanni
Hindu Cremation on Ganges, India
A Hindu funeral pyre on the River Ganges. Rich Hindus
can afford a cremation on the shore of the holy river;
otherwise the body is thrown into the water to be eaten
by scavengers. For Indian Hindus the body is an empty
shell after the soul departs. India.
Lighting
the Funeral Pyre. New Delhi, India
Rajiv Gandhi lights the funeral pyre of his mother,
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated by
Sikh separatists. Rajiv Gandhi succeeded his mother as
Prime Minister.
Photographer: Peter Turnley 1984
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