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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