18. Widows burning their bodies once their husband’s die
As if the trauma of your soulmate dying wasn’t enough, a ritual that used to take place in India encouraged a woman to burn herself after his death as well.
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This practice, called Sati, is banned throughout India now – women were told to burn themselves following the death of their husbands.
