These customs involved preserving the body by mummification, performing burial ceremonies, and interring with the body goods the deceased would use in the afterlife.
The dominant burial customs involved cremation of bodies, with the ashes placed in urns that were either ceramic, or made from organic materials, such as fabric or leather.
This exhibition examines methods of production and drinking customs involving wine and beer, both in religious and secular contexts, on special occasions and every day.
In Terry Pratchett's Discworld there are Twelfth Night customs, involving a man who "finds a special bean in his tucker, oho, everyone says 'you're king mate' and he thinks 'this is a bit of all right' only next thing he's legging it over the snow with a dozen other buggers chasing him with holy sickles so's the earth'll come to life again and all this snow will go away".
Many of these customs involve scenarios unfolding between me and a male actor.
A highly regarded custom involved the use of iron devices, such as girdles or chains, placed around the loins, neck, hands, and feet and often hidden under garments.
Another borrowed Sephardic custom involves participants hitting each one another with scallions representing taskmasters' whips during the reading of the phrase, "When we were slaves in Egypt".
In the early 1990s, there was a public spa attached too, and a largely Jewish community went there for regular schmiessing sessions – a Yiddish custom involving a sauna, a towel whip, and plenty of camaraderie.
A common custom involves drinking kava, a mildly narcotic drink made from the ground-up root of a pepper plant.
Louie Garcia, a deputy special immigration and customs agent involved with the sweeps, echoed that thought in an interview with The Associated Press.
"I know everything, but even the police and customs are involved, so there is nothing I can do," says Goran Karapetkov, a local archaeologist.
