Editing Pyre (section)

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Pyres and bonfires are used in celebrations and remembrance in services. Examples of these are [[Guy Fawkes Night]] in the United Kingdom and some [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries, where the 'Guy', either seen as an effigy of [[Guy Fawkes]] or the Pope, is burned.

Funeral pyres were used by the Nazis to cremate the bodies of 1,500,000+ prisoners in [[Belzec extermination camp|Belzec]], [[Sobibor extermination camp|Sobibor]] and [[Treblinka extermination camp|Treblinka]] extermination camps, in contrast to the [[cremation|crematoria]] used in other camps. Pyres have also been used to dispose of large quantities of livestock in agriculture, particularly those infected with disease.<ref name="Guardian" />

Pyres are lit around the clock in [[Varanasi]], India as it is considered one of the oldest standing cities. Hindus believe that by resting the ashes of the dead in the [[Ganges|Ganges river]] in at Varanasi, the dead will achieve [[Moksha]]. Hindus will travel great lengths in order to perform [[ritual]]istic duties such as praying, attending to their dead, or to die.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2014/08/07/the-pyres-of-varanasi-breaking-the-cycle-of-death-and-rebirth/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922234833/http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2014/08/07/the-pyres-of-varanasi-breaking-the-cycle-of-death-and-rebirth/|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 September 2014|title=The Pyres of Varanasi: Breaking the Cycle of Death and Rebirth|last=McBride|first=Pete|date=2014-08-07|website=Proof|access-date=2017-04-24}}</ref>