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Women do not handle the corpse, but a woman can touch her head to that of the dead, and after doing so, she must (generally while seated) touch her head against that of any other female nearby.

  • Source: Hockings, Paul. Mortuary ritual of the Badagas of southern India. Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 2001.
  • Culture: Badaga
  • Location: Asia