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Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branches of a tree or in a hollow trunk, a practice among many primitive peoples.

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  1. Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branches of a tree or in a hollow trunk, a practice among many primitive peoples.
  2. Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branchesof a tree or in a hollow trunk, a practice among many primitivepeoples.