Death In The Apache Tribe

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Death is extremely important in the Apache tribe. Apaches never call their dead relatives by their names. Instead they called them “that girl” or “that boy,” “that woman” or “that man”. The Apache feared the dead and everything connected with them. They usually buried the dead the same day they died in order to avoid any contact with them. The Apache made the burial as far away as possible. The person’s belongings were burned or destroyed so that no spirits would return from the dead and seek revenge on them. The family also moved to a new household immediately. The main purpose of burning and the person’s belongings and moving is to trick the ghost and lead them away from haunting the living. After their arrival to a new place, the person