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Tag Archives: Cultural Perspectives
The Unique Funeral Customs of Various Filipino Ethnic Groups
An exploration into unique burial rites and customs practiced among different groups in the Philippines
When you hear the word “funeral,” your mind might drift to images of people gathering around the caskets or urns of lost loved ones, while delivering eulogies and culminating with either digging dirt for the grave or scattering the ashes … Continue reading
Into the Woods
Natural German burials rooted in traditional places
Were you to walk into one of FriedWald’s EcoEternity forests in Germany, you may not necessarily know that you had entered a green burial site. No headstones to be seen, no large tombs proclaiming the importance of the interred. You … Continue reading
Shraddha: A Hindu Ceremony To Help Souls Enter The Next World After Death
Today we explore the ideology behind the Hindu Ceremony of Shraddha
For Hindus, Shraddha is a ceremony that must happen in order to ensure that the souls of their loved ones who have died will enter the next world safely and soundly. Its name comes from the Sanskrit word that means … Continue reading
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
A young woman's funny, heartfelt memoir of working as a mortician and revolutionizing how we think of death
From her opening line “A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves,” I could tell this isn’t your run-of-the-mill memoir. Caitlin Doughty’s Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory is at once laugh-out-loud funny and … Continue reading
Japanese Funeral Superstitions Surrounding Death and the Number Four
Why this number sparks fear in Japan
Superstitions about numbers are nothing new. Look at Western culture’s obsession with the unlucky number thirteen to understand how pervasive number superstitions can be. Many people in Japan would think nothing of hopping into an elevator to get to the … Continue reading
Why Have Epitaphs Been So Popular For So Long?
A look at the origins of epitaphs and why they are often found on the graves of lost loved ones
When a person walks around a cemetery, it is quite common to see a good portion of graves or plaques marked with epitaphs. The word, “epitaph,” itself stems from the Greek word “epitaphios,” which means “a funeral oration over tomb.” … Continue reading
