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Now the manners and customs of the Getae, who believe in their
immortality, I have already spoken of. The Trausi in all else
resemble the other Thracians, but have customs at births and deaths
which I will now describe. When a child is born all its kindred sit
round about it in a circle and weep for the woes it will have to undergo
now that it is come into the world, making mention of every ill that
falls to the lot of humankind; when, on the other hand, a man has
died, they bury him with laughter and rejoicings, and say that now he
is free from a host of sufferings, and enjoys the completest happiness.
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