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In which country are deceased relatives regularly removed from the crypt and changed?

In Madagascar, the practice of ritual veneration of the dead Famadikhan is widespread. Dead relatives buried in a crypt in the courtyard of the house are taken out every seven years and changed into a new silk shroud.

The rite is accompanied by food and music, and the deceased is supposed to be politely spoken to and asked for blessings.

Famadikhanu is practiced not only by those who profess the cult of ancestors, but also by most of the Catholics - the local church considers this ritual rather cultural and treats it neutrally.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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The first newspaper was not like modern ones. It was more like a letter containing news. In the XNUMXth century BC e. in Rome there lived a man who wrote these letters and sent them to people living far from the capital.

Newspapers began to resemble modern ones under Julius Caesar, in 60 BC. e. He forced the government to print a daily bulletin to present it in the Forum. Devoted mainly to government announcements, it was called "Akta Diurna", which in translation means "Events of the Day". In the old days, getting news quickly was important for business.

Business people needed to know what important events had happened. Therefore, the first newspaper, or messenger, was created in the XNUMXth century by the Faggerses, a well-known German family of international bankers. They have also set up a news gathering system to make sure they are reliable. In Venice, at the same time, people paid one gazzetta (small change) to read the news collection issued by the government daily. It was called Recorded News.

The first regular newspaper published in London was called The Informant. This happened in 1663. The very first newspapers to appear could only come out once a week, because both communications and news gathering and production were slow.

The first American newspaper, Public Incidents, began publication in Boston in 1690, but the colony's governor quickly discontinued it. Benjamin Franklin ran the Pennsylvania Gazette from 1729 to 1765. People were so eager to receive news that by the time of the American Revolution, 37 publications were being printed in the colonies. One of the most influential newspapers ever published is The Times in London, which appeared in 1785 under the name of the Daily Universal Register.

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