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Why corpses are given a sip of water in Asante Kingdom before they begin journey to spirit world

Why corpses are given a sip of water in Asante Kingdom before they begin journey to spirit world

Burying the dead dates to many centuries of human existence, but, a ritual to bade farewell to the deceased varies from culture to culture. In the Asante culture, death is perceived as closure between the living and the afterlife. The expectation in the Asante Kingdom of the West African nation of Ghana is that death…

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