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pyre <pyre; pyres> N

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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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The chief man (the eldest son of the demised) lights the pyre at its north end.
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The pyre is then set alight with a flaming torch.
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Often, these vessels have not been placed on the pyre.
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The pyre was constructed to make the pillar of smoke as massive as possible, in order to elevate the deceased to the afterlife.
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No stakes were needed: they mounted the pyre and perished voluntarily in the flames.
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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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He uses this interval to have a pyre erected under his throne, and bids his last faithful officer save himself by fleeing.
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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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Hundreds of bodies were floating in the waters and bodies bloated beyond recognition were consigned to mass pyres.
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