I Heart Dead Things

15. Have You Danced With Your Dead Lately?


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Madagascar's Malagasy people have a longstanding ritual called Famadihana, or turning of the bones. It's a beautiful custom that reunites the living with the dead and celebrates generations of ancestors — but this year, it's being blamed for a bigger-than-usual outbreak of the Bubonic plague. How do we find the compromise between allowing a people to continue their traditions and maintaining public health?
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I Heart Dead ThingsBy Courtney Iseman & Laura Wasson