Beliefs and customs surrounding death, funeral rites, and mourning provide a window into a society’s most deeply held values. In the monotheistic faith of Islam, eschatology – belief in the Day of Judgment (Yawm al-din) and resurrection (al-qiyama) – underlies many practices. Public mourning rituals that commemorate the deaths of saints and martyrs are closely linked to the concept of salvation...

In response to recent calls for further cross-disciplinary research on austerity and a deeper sociological understanding of the impact and aftermath of the economic crisis on individuals and societies, this article builds on extant austerity literature through an exploration of its effects on European men. Informed by theories of liminality and rites of passage, this qualitative investigation e...

Ma’Marakka is a lamenting song played at the death ritual for Toraja people's rambu solo' to accompaniment of suling lembang. Despite fact that people are currently facing numerous problems, they continue perform ancestor rites outside. This study intends explore meaning Ma’Marakkamusic people, in light this phenomenon. To investigate issues hand, researcher discusses theory Victor Turner about...

Thorough and perfect study of the history material spiritual culture Uzbek people has become one most urgent problems our time. Because attitude to history, life changed, national values have been revived, many customs ceremonies, which developed over centuries preserved their traditional forms manifestations, own place in again found a place. Therefore, information collected as result ethnogra...