Written by Goonj Gautam | Art by MollyAnn Caufield Kuru, a word meaning “to shiver” or “shake in fear”, is a disease that was most prominent among the Fore people in Papua New Guinea. Interestingly, the Fore people performed a type of cannibalism as a funeral rite and ate their dead relatives. This practice continued … Continue reading The Laughing Sickness: Kuru