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Xhiuist Funerary Cannibalism is a practice that occurs obligatorially in Orthodox Xhiuism, and to a lesser degree in other sects. It always occurs after death, and religiously has two purposes:
Xhiuist Funerary Cannibalism is a practice that occurs obligatorially in Orthodox [[Xhiuism]], and to a lesser degree in other sects. It always occurs after death, and religiously has two purposes:


* To remove the body, which serves as a physical shell, trapping the soul.
* To remove the body, which serves as a physical shell, trapping the soul.
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==Origins==
==Origins==
Pre-Xhiuist Southern Xhovians partook in the practice of funerary cannibalism under the assumption it would allow them access to the same ancestral afterlife as the one that they ate. Under Xhiuism, the method was codified and meaning ascribed to the ancient practice.
Pre-Xhiuist Southern [[Xhovians]] partook in the practice of funerary cannibalism under the assumption it would allow them access to the same ancestral afterlife as the one that they ate. Under Xhiuism, the method was codified and meaning ascribed to the ancient practice.


==Practice==
==Practice==
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==Symbolism==
==Symbolism==
Much of the practice of Xhiuist Ritual Cannibalism is wreathed in symbolism and ceremony. The consumption itself is designed to purify and remove the body from existence, as the Xhiuist faith believes that without (TBC)
Much of the practice of Xhiuist Ritual Cannibalism is wreathed in symbolism and ceremony. The consumption itself is designed to purify and remove the body from existence, as the Xhiuist faith believes that without (TBC)
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Revision as of 20:48, 21 January 2020

Xhiuist Funerary Cannibalism is a practice that occurs obligatorially in Orthodox Xhiuism, and to a lesser degree in other sects. It always occurs after death, and religiously has two purposes:

  • To remove the body, which serves as a physical shell, trapping the soul.
  • To respect the Rule of Nature, and not waste the body, nor energy of the deceased.

Origins

Pre-Xhiuist Southern Xhovians partook in the practice of funerary cannibalism under the assumption it would allow them access to the same ancestral afterlife as the one that they ate. Under Xhiuism, the method was codified and meaning ascribed to the ancient practice.

Practice

The ritual must be commenced within 3 days of death. If this is impossible, common practice is decapitation and then either cremation, donation of the body, or use of the body in fertilizer or animal feed.

The body is taken to the local temple, where 4 attendants remove the clothing, wax and bathe the body in the temple's pool of holy water, cleansing the body inside and out. Once sufficiently clean, the body is placed on the altar beneath the boughs of the temple tree, and preparatory procedures begin. The body is cut open from the navel to the sternum, using a specially prepared ritual blade. The pancreas, colon, and both small and large intestines are cut out and removed, with the organs being ground into fertilizer for the temple tree. In the cavity thus created, a collection of purifying herbs, and the birth flowers of the deceased are placed, and burned.

Next, the head is cut off and sent to another mortician to prepare. From the now cleaned cavity, attendants reach in and remove the kidneys, liver, lungs, and heart. These begin the cooking process, being roasted over an open flame. Other minor organs are also cut out here and cooked separately to them.

The body is then carved, with the major cuts of meat being taken from the body, and roasted with the organs. Lesser cuts are left on the body, and the whole body is skinned, the skin being again ground and added to the rich fertilizer for the temple tree.

The head meanwhile is prepared by the aforementioned separate mortician, whose job it is to wash the head, make its hair presentable, and apply paint and/or make-up to render it as beautiful as possible for a disembodied head to be.

It is at around this point that funeral guests will begin to arrive at the temple. Consumptuary members are laid out in the deceased's will, but in lack of mention, it will be made up of their mother and father, their spouse(s), any children, and any siblings, to a maximum of ten people. Parents are the first to be exempt from Consumptuary if there are too many people, with a preference towards the younger generations (stemming from the initial pre-Xhiuist origins of the ceremony). The members of the consumptuary will be taken into the temple to be blessed by the priest, and they will meditate while their relative is roasted before them. What remains of the body is rendered down in a boiling pot into a broth.

Once the body is fully cooked, the consumptuary are taken outside to the rest of the funeral, and sit before an altar, where the deceased is brought out before them. They will offer thanks to the priests and to the deceased, before consuming it, using only a knife to cut it, and no forks. Once the meat and organs are eaten, a bowl of the broth will be drunk by each of the consumptuary, and then by each guest. During this final stage of the ceremony, the head of the deceased is placed at an honorary seat at the table.

Symbolism

Much of the practice of Xhiuist Ritual Cannibalism is wreathed in symbolism and ceremony. The consumption itself is designed to purify and remove the body from existence, as the Xhiuist faith believes that without (TBC)