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 Encyclopedia of Death and Dying Article coverage includes: AIDS; children; cremation; communication with the dead; grief and mourning across cultures; life expectancy; widows; and much ... CBD Peck - Macmillan Reference USA, 被引量: 63发表: 2001年 The cultural context of death rituals and...
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 ...
Erik Seeman's Death in the New World is a sweeping survey of rituals around death in early modern North America and the British Caribbean. Departing from the seemingly simple question "how [did] they bury their dead?" Seeman explores how what he calls "deathways" became indispensable points ...
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 ...
These plants were used in all the religious rituals from birth to death. The monks, Shamans, Akhons and locals use them during several religious occasions [15]. Mostly religious plants were used either to please the deities or assure their support of human health and well-being or to drive...
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 Other students added to this different pictur...
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...
Participant-observation is a useful method for this study, because this 2 CHEN GANG study involves observations at funerals, grave- yards, and temples. During the researcher's stay at the village, he attended two funerals, and par- ticip...
This includes whether personal hygiene is neglected or encouraged; whether rituals of washing and purification are carried out on a regular basis; and whether bathing arrangements are private or communal. Housing arrangements This includes the construction, siting and internal division of living space; ...