5. Cannibalism and Necrophagy – India
In Varanaki, India, the Aghori Babas eat their dead to overcome the fear of their own deaths. By eating the dead, they believe they will achieve more enlightenment.
Since the Hindu religion forbids cremation for children, holy men, pregnant or unmarried women and people who have died from snake bites or leprosy, these bodies are placed in the Ganges river and as they float down with the stream, the Aghori Babas pull them out and eat them.
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