8 years ago
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Mother Preserved Son’s Body For 18 Years
A mother in Georgia, in Eastern Europe, mummified the body of her son for almost 20 years with vodka, which couldn’t be regarded in some cultures, but it might seem a little strange if he were dead for two decades.
After Joni Bakaradze passed away at age 22, his family decided against interring him, instead they preserve him for 18 years.
The mother, Tsiuri Kvaratskhelia, said to Georgia's press that the plan was made so that her son’s child could “see what kind of father he had.”
Bakaradze’s body has been kept in a coffin with what seems to be a viewing window. Kvaratskhelia told the station that the family at the beginning used traditional methods, including balsam sap, to preserve the body. More recently, she claims to have switched to spirits — and we’re not talking incantations and spells.
“I had a dream once. Someone told me to wake up and start using vodka to care for the body,” Kvaratskhelia said in an interview. “I have been using… spirit liquid poultices since then. You must not leave the body without them during the night, because it will turn black.”
Mummification is perhaps best recognized as a burial practice of the Ancient Egyptians, but other cultures in South America and Asia havee practiced it throughout history.
In 1920, the body of Rosalia Lombardo, a 2-year-old Italian girl who passed due to illness by the flu, was ordered to be preserved by her grieving grandfather. Although it started to show some signs of discoloration recently, the girl’s body remains remarkably preserved.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments
(
Atom
)
Send Unlimited SMS & make calls for Free!
ReplyDeletehttp://bit.ly/1fE1C7I
Check the Link to see how..
Become Financially Independent!
http://bit.ly/13faGxg
Check the Link to see how.