11 fascinating funeral traditions from around the globe
Fascinating article in our Cultural Diversity Group:
Greg Schneider
Founder & President, HVA
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11 fascinating funeral traditions from around the globe
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The funerals I’ve attended have all been very much the same. Relatives and friends arrive in all black and take seats in the church or synagogue pews for a somber ceremony where prayers are said, memories are shared
Life that doesn't end with death
Here is link to an interesting TED video on rituals. In Tana Toraja, weddings and births aren’t the social gatherings that knit society together. In this part of Indonesia, big, raucous funerals form the center of social life. Anthropologist Kelli Sw
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Two of my books are now out-of-print, "Through the Tunnel" and "Beginner's Guide to Conscious Dying." I've replaced them
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I do not fear death
"I will pass away sooner than most people who read this, but that doesn't shake my sense of wonder and joy"
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"Everyone succumbs to finitude. I suspect I am not the only one who reaches this pluperfect state. Most ambitions are either achieved or abandoned; either way, they belong to the past. The future, instead of the ladder toward the goals of life, flatt
PBS Frontline Documentary -- Being Mortal
The PBS Frontline documentary on Dr. Atul Gawande's book Being Mortal is now available. This is a touching and compassionate discussion about life and death. It stresses the importance of not waiting too long to make certain important decisions abou
It's Time to Stop Avoiding Death by David Cates
"Death is ordinary, terrifying and beautiful all at once. It cracks our hearts open in a way that nothing else can...Nature is a web, innumerable networks in constantly shifting yin/yang balance. Death is an essential element in that balance. Embrac
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No one likes to talk about terminal illness, but the stigma surrounding this subject is being punctured a bit by a gr
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[My comments: Tolstoy's novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, provides insight into the life of a high court judge in 19th-century Russia who left serious reflection on his own life until hours before his death. The process of dying, which for him start
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