Heroic grave digging for skulls for children

People dug up dead people, took their heads for a long time to see their children, then took the skull of the dead to participate in the festival.

People dug up dead people, took their heads for a long time to see their children, then took the skull of the dead to participate in the festival.

The most horror festival in the world

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In India, there is a horror ritual of Hindus, that is to graze the dead, bring their heads to meet their children.

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The hair-raising festival, called Shiva Gajan, is a traditional, annual festival in northeastern India.

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The Shiva Gajan festival is held every year in honor of Shiva and also marks the end of the Bengali calendar year.

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The main ritual of this festival is the rituals of rituals that make the faint-hearted people panic.Volunteers will perform horror games like nailing up piles, piercing steel through tongues, and steel hooks on skin .

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However, the most horrifying of this festival, is the screen for the dead.Families will celebrate "call soul" the deceased to "chat".

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Horror thing, is

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People devoured the dead's grave, holding their head for a long time to see their children.After that, people make up for skulls with colored drawings, wreaths . and take the skull of the dead to participate in the festival.

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For people in other worlds, this is really a barbaric act, invading the peaceful space of the deceased, but for Hindus, this action helps to bond among family members. with ancestors, with gods.

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Until the Shiva Gajan festival, the cemeteries in northeastern India were deserted, because families competed to dig up graves to bring dead people to the ocean.

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Usually, a healthy young man, or a prestigious person in the family, will perform the task of taking part in the festival.

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When the skull goes to the street, the descendants of the family will follow, dancing happily with the 'dead'.They will wear make-up, paint their bodies and look horror for the skull.

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The purpose is to take the skull to march, so that the dead can be fully happy during the feast day to worship God to destroy Shiva.

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At the festival next year, they proceeded to "call souls" and again bring the dead to the ocean.

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After the Shiva Gajan festival ended, the dead skulls were returned to the cemetery, buried carefully.

Update 18 December 2018
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