Huron Death Ceremony

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It was of the most important ceremonies the Huron’s did, generally referred it to “the Kettle.” If the bodies did not sustain violent death they would remove them from their temporary burials in the village’s cemeteries to a great big ossuary. It appeared to held whenever a large village were to move and thus can “no longer possible to protect and care for the bodies buried in the adjacent cemetery.” It is very important to the Huron’s that the bodies were placed in a common grave “because their dead relatives were united in this way.” They invited other friendly tribes to attend this ceremony. The final burials was away to release the souls of the dead, and allow then to go to the land where Iouskeha and Aataentsic lived. The souls went on

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