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From India and Taiwan to Tibet, the living assist the dead in their passage

  • Written by Liz Wilson, Professor of Comparative Religion, Miami University
From India and Taiwan to Tibet, the living assist the dead in their passageHindu devotees prepare to scatter ashes of the deceased into the sea as part of Ngaben, a mass cremation ceremony, in Surabaya, Indonesia.Juni Kriswanto/AFP via Getty Images

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