When a person dies there follows an elaborate ceremony, which terminates with the lowering of the corpse into the grave.

In the grave is a man not related to the deceased, who proceeds to cut off the fat adhering to the muscles of the face, thighs, arms, and stomach, and passes it around to be swallowed by some of the near relatives.

All those who have eaten of the cadaver have a black ring of charcoal powder and fat drawn around the mouth.

The order in which the mourners partake of their dead relatives is duly prescribed.

The mother eats of her children and the children of their mother.