After a processional through the center of Cusco and a few more rituals, they begin the final part of the ceremony at theancient archaeological siteof Sacsahuamán. There, thousands of spectators watch from the surrounding hills as the Inca leader says his final words before the ritual sacrifice...
The article will provide an overview of Buddhist attitudes towards death, describe the care given with respect to the family's cultural and religious wishes and emphasise the importance of assessing spiritual and religious needs at the end of life. Specific rituals/traditions surrounding death and ...
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...
Specifically, I will examine the rites of passage in African American girls/women lived reality and effects of the intersectional race, class and gender oppression in America coupled with discussing Japanese different rituals comparison to American outlook into death and the afterlife. All in all, ...
Pashupatinath Temple is one of the seven UNESCO Cultural Heritage Sites of the Kathmandu Valley. It is also a cremation site where the last rites of Hindus are performed. The rituals of cremation are not for the faint-hearted; still visitors are seen watching curiously from across the river fr...
Expat credentials:Growing up in rural Massachusetts, Gilbert never traveled as a youth. But the death of her grandfather from a severe form of dementia changed all that. It set her on a path to seek out how to become bilingual in the belief that bilingualism helps delay the onset of the ...
Death- rituals, bereavement Spirituality –religion, the meaning of life, prayer, spirituality Healthcare practices - traditions, responsibility for health, self-medication, rehabilitation, beliefs, barriers Healthcare practitioner –perceptions, folk practices, gender healthcare status The model is based ...
An appreciation of the ancient Maya through scholarship-based storytelling. Food, trade, customs, costumes, worldview, rituals, architecture, warfare and weapons, prophecy, environment, flora and fauna, marriage alliances and more. Gods, goddesses and un
137]. In the same vein, the representative of the Tulalip Tribes, originating from Washington, identifies that these ‘expressions are not simply expressions, but bound to governance, identity, dignity and integrity and woven into rituals, practices, spiritual beliefs, stories, practices, and ...
However, these “mad death worlds” are considered in the context of trans depathologization efforts that often continue to endorse a medical lens that renders madness a “mental illness,” albeit with transgender subjectivity an exception. The article considers these depathologization efforts in the...