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Endocannibalism is a practice of eating the flesh of a human being from the same community (tribe, social group or society), usually after they have died. Endocannibalism has also been used to describe the consumption of relics in a mortuary context. == As a cultural practice == Herodotus (3.38) mentions funerary cannibalism among the ''Callatiae'', a tribe of India. It is believed that some South American Indigenous cultures such as the Mayoruna people practiced endocannibalism in the past.〔 Pages 535-537.〕 Ya̧nomamö consumed the ground-up bones and ashes of cremated kinsmen in an act of mourning. This is still classified as endocannibalism, although, strictly speaking, "flesh" is not eaten.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Endocannibalism of the Yanomami )〕 The Aghoris of northern India consume the flesh of the dead floated in the Ganges in pursuit of immortality and supernatural powers. For the Wari' people in western Brazil, endocannibalism is an act of compassion where the roasted remains of fellow Wari' are consumed in a mortuary setting. Ideally, the affines would consume the entire corpse and rejecting the practice would be offensive to the direct family members〔 The Amahuaca Indians of Peru picked particles of bone out of the ashes of a cremation fire, ground them with corn, and drank as a kind of gruel.〔 Such practices were generally not believed to have been driven by need for protein or other food.〔 There are two main types of endocannibalism. Gastronomic endocannibalism which is focused on food value and is practiced by both civilized and primitive societies. Ritual or magical endocannibalism's purpose is for the spirit of the subject to be absorbed and is practice by uncivilized groups. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Endocannibalism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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