Corpse incineration. La Crémation dans l’Inde. Sri Lanka 1895.

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Corpse incineration. La Crémation dans l’Inde.

Corpse incineration, cremation. Sri Lanka 1895.

A Hindu priest, brahmane takes the traditional burial rite.

La Crémation dans l’Inde.

Source: Auteur du Monde. Souvenirs de Voyages, Paris, 1895. Éditeur: L. Boulanger.

Illustration, damasks, ornament

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