Customs of the World 
devices of consulting omens previous to marriage ; the import- 
ance of the mother-in-law in different countries ; prevalence of 
polyandry and polygamy ; the control of the parents ; labouring 
of the husband for his father-in-law ; peculiar divorce and 
marriage ceremonies ; peculiar family ties; feuds and the vendetta; 
club-houses for each sex ; curious secret societies ; sacrifices ; 
where women work and husbands slack; curious rituals in 
religion ; human sacrifices ; propitiation ceremonies ; elaborate 
processions ; mutilation and torture; suspending by the feet to 
a tree for many years; lying on spikes ; idolatry ; ghosts ; 
sorcerers ; charms ; animals as good and bad -omens and curious 
customs relating to them ; witches ; magicians ; lying in state for 
years previous to cremation ; suicides of wives ; peculiar idea that 
if a person dies some person was the cause of death ; professional 
spirit-catchers ; peculiar burial rites ; guarding the spirits of the 
dead ; curious memorials to prevent haunting ; dancing of the 
chief funeral guests ; wearing of limbs and skull of the deceased. 
These are but an odd few of the many customs dealt with 
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DISPOSAL OF THE BODY AFTER DEATH. 
In Tibet only the members of the family are carried out to burial through the door, others are put through a window. 
are generally enshrined in chortens. 
Lamas 
The majority are hacked in pieces and given to the pigs, dogs and vultures. 
