BURIAL COSTUMES

INTRODUCTION• There are so many types of burials in the world. There is a single plot

burial, cremation burial, companion plot burial, public Mausoleum burial, private Mausoleum burial, and a lawn Crypt burial. Different ethic groups have different burials. Some may bury you in the ground, and no stone to give recognition of who you are, some may ship you off in water, others may just put all the bodies in one place and leave them there forever. There are different burials processes all around the world.

• The two that I found very interesting is the Pit Burial and the Sprit Offerings. You don’t see these in North Carolina.

BACKGROUND ON THE HAIDA’S • This Burial is located in the Pacific Northwest Haida. • Their homelands are the islands near the coast of Southeastern Alaska and

Northwest British Columbia.• Their landforms are high rocky mountain, plateaus, narrow inlets, and swift

rivers.• Lots of different variety's of animals such as tail deer's, and raccoons. • There are also many different types of birds, including ducks, and Geese. • Since the location is very close to the Pacific Ocean there are always different

types of fish.

LIVING CONDITIONS• Pacific Northwest Haida people lived in longhouses or plank houses,

which were made out of cedar wood • The homes had a totem poles for the protection of the family living there

from the evil spirts.• There is usually one fire pit in the home. In the home there are no

windows and only one opening at the top of the roof for the smoke to ascend into air.

• They have entertainment by music, dancing, and storytelling.

PIT BURIAL• A burial pit is a open area, and is located behind the village. This is where

they throw dead bodies.• Now if you are a Chef, Shaman which is a person who practices in

healing, synonym to that is a medicine man, or a Warrior things are a little different. You are to be crushed with clubs until you fit into a small wooden box. Then they will fit it on top of a totern pole in front of a long house of the mans tribe where the various icons of the totem acted as guardians for the spirits journey to the next world.

BACKGROUND SOUTHEAST ASIA • Southeast Asia has a population of 593,415,000.• Southeast Asia is known for its islands, there are about 20,000 islands in

Southeast Asia• Areas that cover up Southeast Asia are Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia,

Singapore and Burney. • Others include these areas too Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and

Myanmar, and China. • Southeast Asia is known for there rainforest. • These rainforests are also the oldest rainforests on Earth, about 70 million years

old.

SPIRT OFFERING • Throughout most Southeast Asia people have been buried in the fields

where they have worked previously worked at. So it is common for you to see monuments and stones in the middle of a field where cows or water buffalos are.

• The Vietnamese leave thick wads of counterfeit money under the rocks on these monuments so the decreased can buy whatever they need on their way to the next life.

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