ABSTRACT
This, then, is a reversal of the separation from the living which takes place at a funeral. This is probably a very common episode in funerals, but i t has not been noticed because generally it is not very explicit. In India it is very explicit. It takes place after the burning t o the accompaniment of the words: "These living ones have separated from the dead. " 2 The Koryaks, whose cremation shows a close resemblance to the Indian, draw a line which represents a stream between them and the cremation ground. The Kiwai Papuans dismiss the dead with words such as these: "You devil (spirit) now; you no come back this place; what road belong you-you go; woman (and) pickaninny belong you he stop house, that road you shut him; me fellow look moon he light, sun he go up; you go Adiri [the land of the dead] now-all same sun he go down. "
