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The dead were placed on pyres, covered in their personal jewellery, which often shows traces of the fire and sometimes food-offerings.
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The chief man (the eldest son of the demised) lights the pyre at its north end.
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This effect creates the illusion of a burning pyre and can be seen for some distance.
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Often, these vessels have not been placed on the pyre.
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When it is half burnt, the chief mourner takes a porcelain pot filled with water upon his shoulder and walks thrice round the pyre.
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During the ceremony he rises from the pyre, scaring off the priests, and carries the young woman away.
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The pyre has dolls in coffins hung on it.
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He pulls out a locket and opens it, but the wind lifts the last of her hair inside and carries it over to the pyre.
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They are also made to cross a pyre.
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She likes smoke from incense, offerings, and cremation pyres, as these symbolize destruction.
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