Relatives exhuming and dancing with the dead bodies of their loved ones as part of an ancient ritual is fueling the spread of plague in Madagascar, officials claim.


Madagascans have been urged to stop the Famadihana tradition, a practice that involves digging up dead relatives, wrapping them in fresh cloth and dancing with them before putting them back underground.



Experts fear the ancient ritual has accelerated the spread of plague, which has now infected more than 1,300 people.

It has prompted warnings in nine nearby countries - South Africa, Seychelles, La Reunion, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Comoros and Mauritius.


At least 93 deaths have been recorded, but UN estimates the toll may already be as high as 124.

It is caused by the same bacteria that wiped out at least 50 million people in Europe in the 1300s.


Officials are growing concerned as around two thirds of the cases are suspected to be pneumonic plague described as the 'deadliest and most rapid form of plague'.



It is spread through coughing, sneezing or spitting and can kill within 24 hours.




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5038367/Why-deadly-airborne-plague-Madagascar-spreading.html
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ohgIn Madagascar, a sacred ritual sees families exhume the remains of dead relatives, rewrap them in fresh cloth and dance with the corpses.



Willy Randriamarotia, the Madagascan health ministry's chief of staff, said: 'If a person dies of pneumonic plague and is then interred in a tomb that is subsequently opened for a Famadihana, the bacteria can still be transmitted and contaminate whoever handles the body.'


It has been reported as many as 50 aid workers are believed to have been among the people infected, with two cities among those hit, including the capital Antananarivo.

Experts warn the disease will spread rapidly in heavily populated areas.

This is serious

People in Madagascar believe the ritual honours their dead relatives, who can be 'turned' every five, seven or nine years.


Two women sit on the ground and hold the body of one of their ancestors as they take part in a funerary tradition.

The unique custom, originating among communities that live in Madagascar's high plateaux, draws crowds every winter to honour the dead and to honour their mortal wishes.

The ceremony sees the wrapped remains carried out into the open and carefully placed on a mat where they are rewrapped, or 'turned' in the new shrouds.




Isabel Malala Razafindrakoto carries the wrapped body of her son, who died aged many years ago at age three.

For Madagascans, the famadihana ceremony is an intense celebration accompanied by music, dancing and singing, fuelled by foods and alcoholic drinks.



To limit the danger, rules enforced at the beginning of the outbreak dictates that plague victims cannot be buried in a tomb that can be reopened.


Instead, their remains must be held in an anonymous mausoleum.


But the local media has reported several cases of bodies being exhumed covertly.


Despite the serious risks publicised by the authorities, few in Madagascar question the turning ceremonies and dismiss the advice.

Whenever I see Explorers topic

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Africa

The center of dead, useless and dangerous culture and practices

what kinda ugly culture was that

[center]this one weak me oooo[/center]

Now, am freaked!

Our ineptitude government should introduce serious vetting of people from this fetish shithole ASAP.
Nigerians there should hang-on, same as the locals coming into our country.
South Africans has always being imbibed with primordial instincts.

Shocking!

I thought it is only Yorùbás dat yìí eyín oku padà. But we don't exhume corpses, we feast in their honor

From the picture, how come the plague jump Somali to Ethiopia, Lesotho and Swaziland in South Africa

Hoax diseases to depopulate Africa are ever increasing.

Whatever happened to to Ebola pandemic? It disappears once white devil NGOs (UN Red Cross, W.H.O agents) administer enough of population with fertility destroying "vaccines".

Ever notice how 99% of deadly highly infectious diseases somehow always manage to confine themselves to the borders of Africa?

Black man wake the f. up!

This is foolishnesses

This culture is a risk. At times, I wonder if God really created Africa. People who died of infectious diseases can easily transmit these to the people.

For nigerian their own na to throw burial party and waste money... I was just passing through one area last week saturday they were doing a burial ceremony, i thought they will even play sad song, for where nigerians, "ONE CORNER" was blaring through the speakers

That is kinda creepy

I comment my reserve.

They are all sick in the head

GenBuhari:
Hoax diseases to depopulate Africa are ever increasing.

Whatever happened to to Ebola pandemic? It disappears once white devil NGOs (UN Red Cross, W.H.O agents) administer enough of population with fertility destroying "vaccines".

Ever notice how 99% of deadly highly infectious diseases somehow always manage to confine themselves to the borders of Africa?

Black man wake the f. up!

Seriously how can someone be proud in his ignorance. It's people like you that won't take vaccine because you think that it will make you sterile SMH.
Receive sense

Please I take our gods beg you, wake up!
I am telling you never take any vaccines, they are designed to make you sterile.

Gmajor:

Seriously how can someone be proud in his ignorance. It's people like you that won't take vaccine because you think that it will make you sterile SMH.
Receive sense

GenBuhari:
Please I take our gods beg you, wake up!
I am telling you never take any vaccines, they are designed to make you sterile.

If Africa is over populated, it is to our own detriment. Will does our over population pose a threat to foreign nations?

Africa is not over-populated. White devils are simply after our resources in the same way they depopulated the native Americans to acquire their resources.

Gmajor:

If Africa is over populated, it is to our own detriment. Will does our over population pose a threat to foreign nations?

GenBuhari:
Africa is not over-populated. White devils are simply after our resources in the same way they depopulated the native Americans to acquire their resources.

Considering that the resources we have are not enough for us I would say that we are over populated. Also the native American example you sited is laughable

This is serious!