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The Places That Break You

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Cremation grounds in India are a very different burial system from the one that we have here. In India what you do with the body is you take it out once the period of mourning has finished, you take it to the cremation grounds. The cremation grounds will often be by the bank of the river. You'll have hundreds, thousands probably of bodies burnt in this particular area over time. Ham and Vadra is going to talk more on the celestial maidens tomorrow.

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