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Friar William of Rubruck's 13 Century official mission to the Mongol Khan; Mangu Khan, at the court in Karakorum, made reference to the people of Tebet or Tibet who were in ‘the habit of eating their dead parents so that for piety’s sake they should not give their parents any sepulchre than their bowels’ (Rockhill, W.W. Translation of ‘The Journey of William of Rubruck to Eastern Parts of the World 1253-1255, Delhi 1998, p151). It was noted by Friar William that they had given up this ‘abomination’ on account of pressure from their neighbours. However they still made cups from the heads of their parents, ‘so that when drinking out of them they may have them in mind in the midst of their merry-making’ (Ibid, p152). Although somewhat distasteful today it was common practise amoungst a multitude of races in times gone by. Indeed Marco Polo, Herodotus and Strabo all made reference to these types of customs. One must not loose sight of the fact that it was reverence for a dead parent that was the cause of such effect, which is I believe a most sublime facet of ‘civilization’ and not ‘barbarian’ in the least, as we were led to believe in many of the great journeymens' texts.

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