death ceremoniesrituals of passageThe aim of this study was to explore cultural factors affecting burial rituals in Poland. Thirty-four university students collected data from their relatives and created written narratives about deaths in their families or community. Ten additional interviews were ...
The startling medical advances of this century have created unparalleled opportunities for ill and suffering people, but these same forces have combined to make the experience of dying a terrifying, fearful, lonely vigil for many. Devoid of traditional myths, rituals, and family support, many ...
African migrants to the United States steadfastly hold on to their ancestral rituals in their funeral rites. Economics is a secondary factor for Africans, because the entire community is required to contribute to the expenses, food, and necessities of the family. The higher the social position of...
Topics of study in this field include similarities and differences between cultures in terms of norms, values, attitudes, scripts, patterns of behavior, cultural products (such as laws, myths, symbols, or material artifacts), social structure, practices and rituals, institutions, and ecologies. ...
stored up as latent stress in cultural media such as books and rituals. The reenactment of the event as ritual has the effect of reactivating the somatic memory of the initial acute stress, which is then stored up and handed down through the generations. The Gospels are an example of this...
Cultural and religious structures are collective norms, systems, practices, and beliefs that form a pattern of behaviour among a group of people [7,8]. Such cultural and religious structures include language, arts, rituals, religion, customs, and other intergenerational cultural norms shared within ...
S9 “I have some positive experience from Palium Hospice in Poznan (…) where they asked an imam to accompany the dying patient and perform the prayers and rituals according to the Muslim traditions (…).” Perceived gradual change in Polish society ...
They asked the farmers to bring each three caterpillars and rituals were performed involving the brewing of millet beer and dancing. This because the pest is often considered to be a kind of punishment. The villagers have to be forgiven for what they did wrong. Both in the insecticide-sprayed...
In particular, it is essential not confront individuals with questions that are inadvertently disrespectful of their values or practices (e.g. including peyote as an example of an illicit drugs in a Native American tribe that uses it for religious rituals) or irrelevant (e.g. distinguishing ...
Bands, Songs, and Shamanistic Rituals: Folk Music in Korean Society. Seoul: Royal Asiatic Society and Seoul Computer Press, [1999] 2000. Google Scholar Howard, Keith. Preserving Korean Music: Intangible Cultural Properties as Icons of Identity. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006a. Google Scholar Howard...