Photos: Symbolic funerals held in Nepal for missing flood victims
- Families in Nepal held symbolic funerals for relatives who remain missing, hoping to free their souls after they were presumed dead.
- In Hindu tradition, cremation is a vital final rite, and for some families, performing the ceremony without the bodies of their loved ones has brought a measure of spiritual release.
- Authorities in Nepal have meanwhile been burying recovered bodies in temporary graves until they can be identified.
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- Families in Nepal held symbolic funerals for relatives who remain missing, hoping to free their souls after they were presumed dead.
- In Hindu tradition, cremation is a vital final rite, and for some families, performing the ceremony without the bodies of their loved ones has brought a measure of spiritual release.
- Authorities in Nepal have meanwhile been burying recovered bodies in temporary graves until they can be identified.
Sources: Al Jazeera