Burning
the stones
By Honza
Vihan. APRIL
9, 2001
"The corpse in the
pyre on the far left has been completely consumed by flames. A man
with a shaven head, the deceased's eldest son, turns his back to
the fire and lifts an earthen pot filled with water from the Gangaa.
He throws it over his right shoulder. The flames hiss. The vessel
shatters. Men collect the smoldering ashes, and cast them into the
river."
