The glow of a funeral pyre slowly dies by the silent river.

火葬灰中的红光在沉静的河边慢慢地熄灭下去。

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Then he built a funeral pyre, covered it with wildflowers, and burned the body of his respected teacher.

然后他搭了一个火葬柴堆，复上鲜花，火化了他尊敬的老师的尸首。

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Final guardian of the imperfect magic item, he replaced the sand in the hourglass with ashes from a funeral pyre of his massacred brothers, making it much more powerful.

作为这件不完美的物品的守护者，他将沙漏中的沙子换成了他死去兄弟们的骨灰，从而将其变得更加强大。

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His funeral pyre, lit under gloomy skies in a lonely corner of his country, resembled a small garbage heap -- a makeshift pile of truck tires, soiled mattresses, a solitary chair and a few other of his meager possessions.

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Subsequently, all three brothers converge on the family home, not only arranging the funeral and burning their father's possessions in a garden pyre, but remaining in his house for months after their filial obligations are dispatched, sampling an aimless liberation.

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Though outlawed in India for nearly two centuries, some Hindu communities practiced the ritual of sati -- in which a widowed Hindu woman would throw herself, or be thrown, on her husband's funeral pyre.

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