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Families hold symbolic funerals for missing Nepal flood victims
Families in Nepal perform symbolic funerals using grass effigies for missing flood victims as recovery hopes fade.
Families in Nepal are conducting symbolic funerals for relatives still missing after devastating floods, using effigies made of kusha grass in place of bodies as hopes of finding survivors fade.
Symbolic rituals amid fading hopes
Families across affected areas of Nepal have begun performing traditional funeral rites with grass effigies to honor loved ones whose bodies remain unrecovered one week after major flooding.
The ceremonies reflect local customs when remains cannot be located. Participants create representations from kusha grass to carry out the rites.
Search efforts continue but prospects of locating additional survivors have diminished according to available reports.
[TO VERIFY: exact locations, casualty figures, flood date and scale - source material insufficient for details]
Next developments
Authorities and rescue teams are expected to provide updates on ongoing search operations in the coming days.
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