On last rites

[Mwalimu-G]

 

[It's Me Scumbag]

The guy who hangs himself in China must at some point enjoy a wank...all those bikini clad dancers?

 

[Mwalimu-G]

The guy who hangs himself in China must at some point enjoy a wank...all those bikini clad dancers?

In any case he's already stiff?

 

[It's Me Scumbag]

In any case he's already stiff?

Exactly!

 

[Aviator]

No. 8? Not true
Mtu akirogwa akufe, how's that caused by lack of oxygen?

 

[kijanamrefu]

@Mwalimu-G , tusaidie na traditional Gikuyu burial rites.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

@Mwalimu-G , tusaidie na traditional Gikuyu burial rites.

Hiyo sijui. The only thing I know they carried the corpse to some bush for the hyenas to help themselves.

 

[Kender9]

The old adage that "Vichwa mbili haziwezi fanya kazi at the same time" has been substantiated by No.6. Oxygen inakosa kufika kwa brain inaona mahali tu inafaa ku redirect ni down south.

 

[Aviator]

@Mwalimu-G , tusaidie na traditional Gikuyu burial rites.

Burial is a foreign thing to Gikuyus, and most African groups I think.

Hiyo sijui. The only thing I know they carried the corpse to some bush for the hyenas to help themselves.

Exactly.
And sometimes someone would crawl from the bush back to the village. That's the origin of names like Kariuki and Njoki.

 

[Karma_mama]

I already wanted a wicker coffin and thought cremation was a good idea. I didn't realise it polluted so much. I wonder what's the greenest way to go.

 

[kijanamrefu]

Hiyo sijui. The only thing I know they carried the corpse to some bush for the hyenas to help themselves.

Burial is a foreign thing to Gikuyus, and most African groups I think.

Exactly.
And sometimes someone would crawl from the bush back to the village. That's the origin of names like Kariuki and Njoki.

Apologies, I meant to say funeral rites, not burial. I remember reading something about spiritual elevation in Leakey's book. Nikipata nitawapostia.

But yes, most of the dead would "bury themselves". The body was after all considered to be a vessel for the spirit.

Somewhat related, mzungus discovered this recently