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 ...
There isn’t a pronounced variation in funeral rituals among Hispanics of Cuban, Puerto Rican and Dominican descent. One custom that does differ in the Latin American culture, as compared to other cultures, is the use of photography of the deceased during parts of the funeral rite. A family ...
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, ...
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...
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...
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 ...
(ak). What is interesting in Turkish is that the seas surrounding the Turkish peninsula and Anatolia take their names from these colour associations: the Mediterranean, which is west of Turkey, is calledAkdeniz, or theWhite Sea, the Red Sea isKızıl Deniz, and is located to the south...
A Luo proverb "Biye ojemo ni ng'wen" [69] means "The fierce white ants cause the death of the kind and harmless ants" (white ants are termites). "Biye" are the termites that eat and destroy wooden built and grass- thatched Luo houses in East Africa. For that reason, whole termite...
the use of dogs to threaten or intimidate; physical assault including slapping or shaking; exposure to extreme heat or cold; threats of harm or death; isolation; sensory deprivation and over-stimulation; sleep deprivation; or the threat [of these] to an individual or to members of an individua...
Heritage and Genius Loci The concept of Genius Loci has been developed from the ancient Roman religion, where the 'spirit' of the place had a protective function, and specific rituals were made to give respect and ask 'permission' when building a new monument, road, or founding a new city...