3.2.3. Death

The Chutiyas believe that after death the soul regenerates in to other souls or lives according to its virtues and sins done at his life time. The Chutiyas Text Box: It is seen that they have no permanent marishali or burial places. The corpse is placed on the pyre in the north-west corner and the pure or the holealso believed that if someone sacrifices his soul directly to God or Goddess then he will get a position in heaven. Their religious custom or 'Soli' (Scarifies of human) was based on this theory and their religion encourage them to devote their lives in front of their Supreme deity 'Ketchaikhaiti Moi'. In this a young energetic boy without any spot on his body (complete purification of body and soul) has to sacrifice or die for peace and prosperity for all the community and Kingman. It is a different custom of death rituals. The 'Bali' knows that he is going to die very soon but he does not want or try to escape from it. It is significant for the Chutlyas.

Now-a-days, when a death occurs, immediately he is kept outside the house and kept in front of the door yard. Generally the last rites (cremation) of the dead are performed formally by the gathering of the people from the deceased persons own khel, relatives and other people of the village. The dead bidy is kept naked on a bed sheet, washed after application of gram and turmeric paste over the body,

All the family members get together around the dead and pay homages by kneeling down having given joydhobni (uttering of holy sounds) by the village elders. After this two or four persons hold the deadbody holding its head portion to backward, Generally people perform their rites away in a interior place like riverside or edge of jungles.