The Fertile Shroud
Who needs fertility drugs when you have a death shroud?
In Madagascar, people dig up their dead relatives for a ceremony called famadihana. They parade the bones around the village, fill them in on all the latest gossip, drink, dance and basically party up a storm in celebration of their loved one’s life.
Once these joyful occasions are over, the family bury the remains in a new shroud. Pieces of the old shroud are given to childless newlyweds who place them under their mattresses to induce fertility.
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February 3rd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
nothin says lovin like your dead grandma’s shroud under your matress