We tend to associate mummies with ancient Egypt, but a lot of culture around the world practiced mummification.
The Anga tribe of the Aseki region of Papua New Guinea is one of them.
Angas mummies, however, aren’t wrapped in bandages and placed in tombs.
The Anga tribe employed a more direct approach they heated the dead bodies over a fire.
Mummification came to an end in 1949 when missionaries took firm root in Aseki.
Supports to body parts would be added, and heated sap from local trees would be used as glue.
They would also touch up the ocher clay.
Anga mummies can be found in several villages of Papua New Guinea’s Aseki District.
Incidentally, the Anga tribes werent the only people who smoked their dead.
This bang out of mummification was also practiced by the Philippians in the town of Kabayan.
They are known as Kabayan Mummies or Fire Mummies.
Also see:Sokushinbutsu: The Bizarre Practice of Self Mummification
Source:BBC/Live Science
