Mrr says: Is religion why people bury their dead at all? All bodies need to be cremated immediately.

Oh, I'm sure that local burial practices could be considered religious, and therefore suspect. So, yes, that then gives enlightened Americans and Europeans the right to barge in and tell the indigenous people how they must behave when they grieve for their dead.

Somehow....that just doesn't seem right. There ought to be a better, more respectful way.

-Joe-