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Tibetan culture
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In Tibetan culture, sky burials involving offering bodies to vultures on mountaintops are traditional and sacred burial rites.
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Egypt
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Ancient Egyptians practiced mummification and entombment in elaborate tombs for the afterlife as part of their burial rites.
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Mongolia
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Sky burials, in which bodies are left for vultures to consume, are traditional burial rites in Mongolia.
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Israel
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In Israel, burial typically takes place within 24 hours of death according to Jewish tradition.
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Madagascar
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In Madagascar, the Famadihana ceremony involves exhuming and reburial of ancestors' remains.
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Tonga
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In Tongan culture, burial rites involve wrapping the deceased in mats made of pandanus leaves.
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