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Dead sand, dead bodies, smoked corpses . are scary places that anyone must shudder when they come.

The corpses smoked in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea's Kuku-Kuku people have a habit of smelling corpses as a way to commemorate relatives, especially grandparents in the family.

Many people think that this custom belongs to the past, but the fact is that until now, Kuku villagers - Kuku still preserve this tradition. Only a few cases were buried and most of the dead were smoked.

Smelling corpses is the custom of Kuku-Kuku people.

Usually, the Kuku-Kuku people hold the dead body above the fire, until the smoke dried the corpse, then sprinkled with some herbs that have antimicrobial effects to prevent decomposition.

Sometimes to speed up the process, relatives will use sharp objects, stab into the body to squeeze out the liquid in it, while pulling the soft organs, easy to decompose through the anal.

After being dried, some corpses are placed in the cave, while most are exposed on a built-up bamboo frame. These corpses are considered "beautiful" and bring luck to the living.

Therefore, these smoked corpses are hung in a high position and always look towards the village. Whenever there is a congregation or a memorial service, these bodies will be lowered by relatives to join everyone in the village.

Lake body in Mexico

The Chichen Itza area of ​​the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) is famous for having many natural sinking lakes (cenote). Some lakes are quite small and murky, some are large, very beautiful and poetic, like Cenote Sagrado lake.

But the lake is only beautiful when you look, and when you dive to the bottom and see hundreds of remains, many people will probably have to stand heart. These remains are victims of sacrifices for the Mayan goddess Chaak rain centuries ago.

At the bottom of Cenote Sagrado lake, there are hundreds of remains that make you "stand heart".

In the past, the Maya believed that, if sacrificing people for Chaak gods, the gods would rain down with good harvests. Normally, the victim will be killed first, then the heart will be removed and eventually pushed into the lake.

But there were also cases where the sacrifice was pushed into the lake while still alive, on the shore, witches and priests watched the victim tremble and die. Almost everyone who was pushed into the lake drowned, but if one could return safely, he would be honored as the messenger of the god and live forever in glory.

In addition, Cenote Sagrado Lake has a special "green" color. The reason why the lake is so colored is because, before being taken to sacrifice, that person was swept on top of a layer of "Maya blue" dye .

This drug is still a mystery to science because its ability to keep color does not fade for centuries. At the bottom of the lake there is a blue mud layer caused by this drug, with a thickness of more than 4m, creating beautiful colors for the lake.

Coffin hung in China

The coffin hung at the giant site of the Bo people.

Gongxian region, in southwestern Sichuan province, China is a landmark known for its extremely dangerous and frightening rocky areas. Not only that, it is also famous for the huge graveyard of the Bo people.

The Bo was a tribe living in southwestern China and disappeared more than 400 years ago. They have a rather strange custom: hanging the coffin of the deceased on the rocky mountains in the region. Those coffins were made from an empty maple tree trunk, placed on 2-3 large wooden rods as racks.

Many people believe that hanging this coffin will bring their relatives closer to the gods, while preventing animals from attacking the dead body. Previously there were tens of thousands of coffins hanging on the cliffs but over time, many coffins were rotted, making the number significantly reduced.

Dead sand beach in Mexico

Beneath the beach of El Conchalito are countless remains, buried only "indifferently" and ready to be revealed on occasion.

Baja California Sur (Mexico) El Conchalito Beach is probably not the right place for romantic couples for a walk. Fluttering under the sand are countless remains, buried only "indifferently" and ready to come out on occasion.

Many archaeologists have discovered that in the past centuries, nomadic people have buried the dead here. But bizarre at that point, they dug up and painted the remains . for fun. It is unclear whether this is thanks to these skeletons and the beach is quite attractive to visitors. In 1981, people here complained about dead skeletons on the beach.

Frozen corpses in Everest

Every year, hundreds of visitors spend thousands of dollars to experience climbing Mount Everest - the roof of the world. But if you try to find out, you'll know that there were about 240 climbers who died along the way and most of the remains are still in the mountains.

There were about 240 climbers who died along the way and most of the remains were still on the mountain.

Even a mountain area was dubbed the "rainbow valley" because it contained many bodies that could clearly see the victims' colored coats.

According to experts, climbing is not difficult but difficult at altitude. When reaching the 8,000m mark, this is considered the " death zone", the amount of oxygen in the air is too small, making it difficult for people to live.

If you keep that height for too long, your body will quickly become exhausted, dizzy and become a permanent "stone statue" . This is the reason why many climbers die when conquering the "roof of the world".