Instead, the body is washed and placed in a cotton, linen or silk shroud.

He was clad in a white silk shroud, a garment symbolizing his ceremonial "death," which allowed Edna to succeed him.

The hydrogen gas had burned away in that single demoniac gust, and now the empty, fiercely burning silk shroud collapsed, spreading like a fiery umbrella over the basket and its human cargo.

The bodies of the ancestors of an individual family are wrapped in silk shrouds and laid to sleep on these slabs.

Brush the bones, no clothing except the hat and the buckle and the boots, bag the small bones of the hands and feet, and bundle them in your best silk shroud with the skull and the long bones.

In this ritual, relatives' remains are removed from the family tomb, rewrapped in new silk shrouds, and returned to the tomb following festive ceremonies in their honor.

According to custom, the remains of Rakoto Frah (affectionately called "Dadakoto" among his inner circle) were removed from the tomb to be wrapped in fresh silk shrouds.

After a slight hesitation, Morgan pulls back the white silk shroud covering the face.

The silk shroud gave a little.

The practice of Famadihana is on the decline due to the expense of silk shrouds and opposition from some Christian organizations.