This substance is consumed in banana mush during a ritual of the Yanomami people.
This substance is consumed in banana mush during a ritual of the Yanomami people. Israelites who had come in contact with a corpse could be purified by this substance after the sacrifice of a Red Heifer. Worshipers of Shiva use a type of this substance to create a three-lined tilaka on their foreheads; that type of this substance is called vibhuti. In Buddhism, pearl-like beads found in this substance are treated as relics called sarira. This substance is brought to special ghats in Varanasi and spread on the Ganges River. This substance is made from palm branches, then used to draw crosses on the foreheads of worshipers on the first day of Lent. For 10 points, the first Wednesday of Lent is named for what substance that is created by cremation and wood fires?
This substance is consumed in banana mush during a ritual of the Yanomami people.
ashes [prompt on burnt wood, burnt corpses, burnt bones, cremated remains, or obvious equivalents]