From India and Taiwan to Tibet, the living assist the dead in their passage
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Hindu devotees prepare to scatter ashes of the deceased into the sea as part of Ngaben, a mass cremation ceremony, in Surabaya, Indonesia. Juni Kriswanto/AFP via Getty Images – By Liz Wilson, Professor of Comparative Religion, Miami University Published: 2023 Oct 31 – …