In Ethiopia, burial societies also tend to the living
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- When a family buries its dead in this Horn of Africa nation, burial societies -- some older than a century -- traditionally have organized everything from feeding the mourners to digging the graves. (Full article: 839 words)
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