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Joe Rogan Experience #2575 - Sam Tallent · Aired Nov 3, 2026

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Some indigenous tribes practice cannibalism of loved ones by allowing the body to putrify for three days and consuming the liquified fluids with sweet potatoes.

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What remains unresolved

Anthropological accounts of funerary endocannibalism exist, most notably regarding the Wari' people of Brazil, who traditionally consumed the roasted remains of the deceased. There is no widely accepted ethnographic documentation of a practice involving the consumption of putrefied fluids mixed with sweet potatoes. This claim would require specific anthropological sourcing to confirm or refute the description of the ritual steps.

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Quick answer

Is it true that some indigenous tribes practice cannibalism of loved ones by allowing the body to putrify for three days and consuming the liquified fluids with sweet potatoes?

We can't say yet. Anthropological accounts of funerary endocannibalism exist, most notably regarding the Wari' people of Brazil, who traditionally consumed the roasted remains of the deceased. There is no widely accepted ethnographic documentation of a practice involving the consumption of putrefied fluids mixed with sweet potatoes. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2575 - Sam Tallent, aired Nov 3, 2026, at 8:27. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. No supporting source was captured, so don't treat this as a sourced conclusion.

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