Jamaican
Like the death rituals of New Orleans, traditional practices in Jamaica aim to celebrate the life of a loved one. Friends join in a feast where they give gifts to family members in a show of support. The night is filled with dancing, singing and 100-proof rum. It also includes a table for the dead stocked with fried fish, breads, and cakes (yum!).

Festivities are held in a makeshift hut next to the deceased's house and are repeated for the nine nights following the person's death. The singing must occur again in 40 days, after the dead's soul has stopped roaming and found peace.

Navajo Indians
The rituals of this tribe from the Southwestern part of the U.S. developed out of fear of the deceased. When a tribesman died, relatives burned the house of the dead. In order to keep the person's spirit from haunting the village they moved the body in a kind of procession and burned it separately.

To further ensure they wouldn't have to live with any angry spirits, the family took a long, roundabout route home believing that the spirit could not follow them back.

Pygmies
One of the more superstitious cultures regarding death, the Pygmy death ritual is a harsh one for mourning family members. When a person dies, his or her hut is pulled down on top of the body, the entire camp is relocated, and no one in the village ever mentions the deceased again. So, once you're dead in a pygmy tribe, you're dead for good.

Solomon Islands
Located near New Guinea, the Melansian people don't really have the option of burying their dead considering that the Solomons are a dense group of mountainous islands. Instead, they carry the deceased to the ocean and lay them on a reef for sharks.

Torajans
Indigenous peoples of Indonesia, the Torajans practice mummification rituals similar to those performed by ancient Egyptians centuries ago. What's unique to this mountainous culture is that they remove bodies from crypts in the surrounding cliffs once a year. During this time family members hold the decaying body of the deceased and mourn the loss of their loved one.