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Death and Funeral Customs (16)

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» Aging and Death in Folklore
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
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
Description and pictures of Balinese cremation ceremonies.
http://buten.net/max/Bali/index_baliroyalcremation.html

http://members.tripod.com/~mccurtain_2/genietips/tip1.html

» Deadly Superstitions
American folk beliefs about death and burial; part of the extensive Tombstone Traveller's Guide to American cemeteries and funeral practices.
http://members.tripod.com/~mccurtain_2/genietips/tip1.html

» Death Central on Monstrous
Explores the faces of death across art, societies and rituals, science and medicine.
http://death.monstrous.com/

http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol8/mds.htm

» Death and Afterwards
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
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
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
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
Funerary practices of a West Siberian tribe in the last quarter of the 20th century.
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol7/khants.htm

http://members.aol.com/TombView/symbol.html

» Gravestone Symbolism & Iconography
Ever wonder what the skull & crossbones represents on a gravestone? Here's an extensive guide.
http://members.aol.com/TombView/symbol.html

» History Of Funeral Customs
Good introduction from the Wyoming Funeral Directors Association site.
http://www.wyfda.org/basics_2.html

» Marriage and Funerals in Athens
Jana Shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in Ancient Greece.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html

» Orkney Islands
Binding the dead.
http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/death/death2.htm

http://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/death/

» The Call of Yama
Website exploring death according to Hindusim. Includes answers to frequently asked questions, and a photographic exhibit.
http://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/death/

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