Death and Funeral Customs (16)

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http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/aging.html
Aging and Death in Folklore Open in a new browser window
   Examples from folklore divided by subject rather than region.
   http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/aging.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/albion/adeath.html
Backcountry Death Ways Open in a new browser window
   Recounts how beliefs about death and dying brought by colonists from the Northern British Borderlands survive in the Chesapeake region and North Carolina.
   http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/albion/adeath.html
http://buten.net/max/Bali/index_baliroyalcremation.html
Bali Royal Cremation - photos by Max Buten Open in a new browser window
   Description and pictures of Balinese cremation ceremonies.
   http://buten.net/max/Bali/index_baliroyalcremation.html
http://www.deardeath.com/
DearDeath Central Open in a new browser window
   Explores the faces of death across art, societies and rituals, science and medicine.
   http://www.deardeath.com/
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol8/mds.htm
Death and Afterwards Open in a new browser window
   Very interesting account of a Greek Catholic Baltic Finnic people's beliefs in death, omens of death and the afterlife.
   http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol8/mds.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/burialframe.htm
Death: Burial Customs and Beliefs Open in a new browser window
   Death customs and beliefs in various regions and countries of the world.
   http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/burialframe.htm
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/funeral/funeral.html
Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China Open in a new browser window
   Describes funerary practices in a Chinese village.
   http://www.chinavista.com/experience/funeral/funeral.html
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/mikko.htm
Funeral Customs of Caucasian Estonians Open in a new browser window
   How Estonian settlers in Caucasian Abkhazia preserved -- and changed -- their traditional customs and beliefs surrounding death and burial during the 20th century.
   http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/mikko.htm
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol7/khants.htm
Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants Open in a new browser window
   Funerary practices of a West Siberian tribe in the last quarter of the 20th century.
   http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol7/khants.htm
http://www.wyfda.org/basics_2.html
History Of Funeral Customs Open in a new browser window
   Good introduction from the Wyoming Funeral Directors Association site.
   http://www.wyfda.org/basics_2.html
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html
Marriage and Funerals in Athens Open in a new browser window
   Jana Shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in Ancient Greece.
   http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html
http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/death/death2.htm
Orkney Islands Open in a new browser window
   Binding the dead.
   http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/death/death2.htm
http://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/death/
The Call of Yama Open in a new browser window
   Website exploring death according to Hindusim. Includes answers to frequently asked questions, and a photographic exhibit.
   http://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/death/

Last Updated: 2007-06-08 22:02:26