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[[Image:Burning of a Widow.jpg|thumb The burning of a widow]]
'''Suttee''' is an ancient Indian [[funeral]] practice in which the widow was [[Immolation|immolated]] alive on her husband’s funeral [[pyre]]. The act was supposed to be voluntary on the widow's part, and was deemed an act of peerless piety. The act of ''Suttee'' supposedly purged the couple of all accumulated sin, guaranteed their salvation and ensured their reunion in the afterlife. The term "Sati" is also extended to refer to the widow herself. Though supposed to be voluntary, ''suttee'' is believed to have been often forced on the widow by various social pressures, and even by the use of drugs.
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