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HUMUS BURIAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Environment
OBS

... burying the dead ... in the humus layers ... The interment should take place without a coffin, wrapped in a shroud, in a layer of earth at least 60 centimeters thick.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Environnement
DEF

[...] processus contrôlé de transformation des corps par les micro-organismes dans un compost composé de broyats de bois d'élagage, qui transforme, en 12 mois, les dépouilles mortelles en humus sain et fertile.

OBS

Cette méthode permet une dégradation très rapide des corps en aérobie sans production de cadaverine et putrescine.

Spanish

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