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Even though New Orleans is known for its cemeteries, our tour guide said the style isn't so much a Big Easy thing as a Catholic thing. The traditional Catholic style of burying the dead apparently is to place the body and coffin into a small airtight crypt. Over the course of at least one year and one day, the body is baked in the roasting Louisiana weather. When another family member dies, cemetery workers open up the crypt and remove the most-recently buried body -- as long as it's been untouched for at least one year and one day -- smash the remains into a small bag, and place it at the bottom of the crypt. The fresh body is then placed inside and the crypt sealed, and the process begins anew.