This practice was pioneered in Great Britain by William Price, a physician who supported the Neo-Druid movement. In Aztec tradition, this act is done after cutting locks of hair from the top of the head, and mixing them with hair that's been stored since birth. In Bali, it's done on an auspicious day during the Ngaben ceremony. Some traditions hold that it removes ashaucha
This practice was pioneered in Great Britain by William Price, a physician who supported the Neo-Druid movement. In Aztec tradition, this act is done after cutting locks of hair from the top of the head, and mixing them with hair that's been stored since birth. In Bali, it's done on an auspicious day during the Ngaben ceremony. Some traditions hold that it removes ashaucha, and after this action, the antim ardas is recited - in that Sikh tradition, it's done during the antim saskar. It was banned as an "evil custom of the past" by the Meiji government in 1873 for being unfilial, but it's nearly universal in modern-day Japan where, after this action, a picking ceremony with chopsticks occurs. Since the 1960s, Catholic churches have begun to contain columbaria to accommodate this practice. While this act was being performed, widows were sometimes forced to undergo sati. FTP, name this alternative to burying the body.   
This practice was pioneered in Great Britain by William Price, a physician who supported the Neo-Druid movement.
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