The structure of death rituals differs consistently among regions of Albania. The death ritual contains very strong patriarchal features in the Northern part of the country; in southern regions (next to the seashore) and in Albanian communities living elsewhere in the Mediterranean basin, the features are more animistic; the females playing an important role in grief proclamation, suggesting a ...

Life is normally expected to proceed through childhood, youth, adulthood and old age. What happens then if death occurs at some earlier phase of life and not at a far distant time in people’s everyday lives? This will most often be a sudden and unexpected death. How do the nearest family, friends and acquaintances of the deceased cope with this? How and why are new rituals created, how are they...

İnsanoğlu için üç önemli geçiş evresi vardır. Bu evreler sırasıyla doğum, evlilik ve ölüm olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. çalışmanın ana konusunu evrelerinin sonuncusu olan oluşturmaktadır. Ölüm, en eski çağlardan beri insanoğlu tarafından anlamlandırılmaya çalışılan, sonrasının bilinmezliği ile merak uyandıran aynı zamanda bu bilinmezliğe bağlı korkulan olmuştur. çerçevede insanoğlu, etrafında i...

In this article, I examine how Singaporean Chinese families and funeral professionals work together to ritually manage the meaning and consequences of a death by suicide. While the now dated literature on Chinese mortuary practice emphasizes the formality and rigidity of death rituals, during fieldwork I noted many moments of confusion within ritual, moments of innovation, when relatives broke ...

A rite of passage is a ritual event that marks a person's transition from one status to another, including birth, coming-of-age, marriage and death. One of the rite of passage is funeral and its Rituals .A funeral is a ceremony for honoring, respecting, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture...

a rite of passage is a ritual event that marks a person's transition from one status to another, including birth, coming-of-age, marriage and death. one of the rite of passage is funeral and its rituals .a funeral is a ceremony for honoring, respecting, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a cu...

Geçiş dönemlerinin sonuncusu olarak kabul edilen ölüm, tüm insanlık için kaçınılmaz bir sondur. Ölümün vermiş olduğu korku, toplumlarda ölümle ilgili çeşitli inanç ve ritüellerin ortaya çıkmasına sebep olmuştur. Afrika yerel inançlarına göre yaşam süresi, ölüm ile sona ermez. Aksine başka alemde devam eder. Diğer taraftan korkulan olay olsa da görünen görünmeyen varlıklar arasındaki iletişimin ...

Provision of culturally appropriate care for Hindus in care homes in the UK. Core Hindu beliefs are explained and the importance of worship, festivals, self care, diet and death rituals are examined. 19 refs. Source: BNI