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Attending one’s own death ritual to keep tradition alive: Meet the Kapadans of Kasara

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Two members of SC community opting for ‘death’ to keep an age old unique ritual alive…….


Attending one’s own death ritual to keep tradition alive: Meet the Kapadans of Kasaragod



Once in 12 years, a festival is conducted in the Nettanige temple, and the main ritual is the entry of two men into the Jambri cave.

Kasaragod at the northern end of Kerala witnessed a unique temple ritual on Saturday, that takes place only once in 12 years. Two men from the Nittoni clan of Mogera, a Scheduled Caste community, have witnessed their own funeral rites alive, as part of a 400-year-old ritual.

Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...-tradition-alive-meet-kapadans-kasargod-58869
 
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