Description
This illuminating book reveals how cultures and communities around the world grieve their loved ones - with lessons we can all learn from to help us all live (and die) well. Divided into four key chapters: Celebrating, Commemorating, Mourning, and Offering, readers will discover resting places, burials, rituals, and symbols that have been associated with death throughout time. Featured within the book: Jazz funerals (New Orleans); Turning of the bones (Madagascar); Burial beads (South Korea); Fantasy coffins (Ghana); Lakota soul keepers (USA); Swedish death cleaning; Green burials; and more.
Details
- Author: Lonely Planet
- Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
- Format: Hardback
- Publication Date: 12/07/2024
- ISBN: 9781837580057
- B-Code: B074996
- Pages: 240
- Dimensions: 216x172mm
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