When a person dies in Varanasi, the holiest city, the body is wrapped in white cloth (white for mourning, not black). The eldest son shaves his head. The procession walks to the Manikarnika Ghat. The wood pyre is lit by a Dom (the hereditary caste who tend the sacred fire). As the skull cracks open, the crowd shouts, "Ram Naam Satya Hai" (The name of Ram is truth).