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'''Sati''' (also called ''suttee'') is custom of [[Hinduism]] by which a widow kills herself by throwing herself onto her husband’s funeral pyre. This form of [[suicide]] is primarily performed in [[India]].The practice probably originated sometime around A.D. 400. | '''Sati''' (also called ''suttee'') is custom of [[Hinduism]] by which a widow kills herself by throwing herself onto her husband’s funeral pyre. This form of [[suicide]] is primarily performed in [[India]].The practice probably originated sometime around A.D. 400. | ||
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