| Round the World Contributor(s): Carnegie, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 141914555X ISBN-13: 9781419145551 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: One morning we drove to the burning ghat, and from personal examination of cremation, I am able to express my preference for Christian burial. The business of burning the dead--for in India it is a business like any other, and belongs to a low caste--is carried on in the most heartless manner. A building is erected upon the river-bank, about a hundred feet in length and twenty-five feet in width, and open on the side toward the river. The dead are brought there upon stretchers wrapped in a little cloth, and are first shaved by the attendants, who open the mouth and pour down a vial of the water of the sacred Ganges. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 7.94" W x 8.76" (0.81 lbs) 204 pages |
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