To achieve this engagement, local belief systems about the causes of disease and traditional rituals for mourning the dead must be respected.

为实现这一参与，必须尊重关于病因以及传统哀悼死者仪式的地方信仰制度。

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According to their ancient belief system, the spirit of a dead person must return to his village of origin.

根据他们古老的信仰体系，死者的灵魂必须回到他的出生地。

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The book of life is brief, and once a page is read, all but love is dead that is my belief.

生命之书很简短，当它被翻过，除了爱以外，一切都不复存在，这就是我一直的信仰。

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And to honor the traditional Chinese belief that the spirits of the dead could protect the living.

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So even if it were true that belief requires picturing, and even if were true that you can't picture being dead from the inside, it wouldn't follow that you can't believe you're going to die.

所以即便不能相信无法想象之物这一说法，是真实的,人无法从内部想象死亡的感觉，也不代表不能相信自己会死亡这事实。

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When they cannot steal in the markets, they eat dead dogs and rotten food (reportedly chewing toothpaste in the belief that it prevents food poisoning).

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In a belief system inherited from the Aztecs, Mexicans believe their dead are lurking in Mictlan, a kind of spiritual waiting room, and they can return to their homes at this time of year.

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Yet they still cling to the belief that they can somehow squeeze some mileage out of a dead horse.

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