Results 51 to 60 of about 3,286 (300)

From Survival to Self-Expression: Colouring Experiences of Kayayei in Kumasi – Ghana [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Burial rites are deeply rooted in religious and cultural traditions, shaping how communities understand death, the afterlife, and social belonging. In many rural communities in South Africa, particularly in Shikundu Village, Christian and African burial ...
Dorothy Akpene Amenuke   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Prospection‐Led Archaeological Investigation of a Picenian and Roman Necropolis in Corinaldo (Marche, Italy)

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of an integrated archaeological and geophysical investigation conducted between 2018 and 2024 at the newly discovered Picenian and Roman necropolis of Contrada Nevola (Corinaldo, Marche, Central Italy), identified in the framework of development‐led archaeology. The research strategy combined aerial photography,
Federica Boschi
wiley   +1 more source

From the Cradle to the Grave. Demarcating Communities through Baptism and Burial in the Huddāyē of Barhebraeus (d. 1286)

open access: yesHamsa, 2021
This paper analyzes the legal text called the Huddāyē composed in Syriac by the Syriac Orthodox polymath Barhebraeus (d. 1286) in regard to stipulations about baptism and burial.
Florian Jäckel
doaj   +1 more source

Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 301-328, March 2025.
Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
wiley   +1 more source

The religious influences in funerary practices in the Parish of Sheffield 1843 to the present. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This study aims to investigate the relationship between funerary rituals and religion in the Parish of Sheffield in order to shed light on present day customs and practices.
Saunders, Pamela C
core  

A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Gender Differentiation in Yoruba Burial Rites

open access: yes, 2019
This paper focuses on socio-hermeneutic study of gender differentiation in Yoruba burial rites. There are many types of oral genres in Yoruba society. These genres have different functions for different occasion. In essence, Ìrèmọ̀jé eré ìṣípà ọ
Bolanle Tajudeen, Opoola
core   +1 more source

Beyond the grave: Do the dead have rights?

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Anatomists who work with the Dead often see themselves as custodians of the Dead. To those who opine that the Dead no longer have Rights (legal or moral) or privileges and have nothing more to contribute to the development of Society or to human endeavor, the Dead's custodians might respond that there is ample evidence that some Rights and ...
Beverley Kramer, Bernard Moxham
wiley   +1 more source

Intercultural dynamics in Christian and African Burial rites: Challenges and strategies for harmonisation [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Burial rites are deeply rooted in religious and cultural traditions, shaping how communities understand death, the afterlife, and social belonging. In many rural communities in South Africa, particularly in Shikundu Village, Christian and African burial ...
Mboni C. Makamu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

MORTUARY RITES IN COVID-19: MOURNING & BURIAL RITES OF MIGRANTS IN NORTHERN PUNJAB

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Reviews, 2021
Purpose of the study: This study aims to highlight how death serves as a central feature of social ties among the natives of Northern Punjab. Death is a great leveller and one of the most curious aspects of human cognition. Bereavement follows the terminal rites de passage; the transition of the deceased from this world to the other world. ...
Aneela Sultana   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Back to the debate on formation of state of Lithuania: an outlook on burial rites

open access: yes, 2015
Straipsnyje nagrinėjami Lietuvos valstybės kūrimosi laikotarpio laidojimo papročiai, atskleidžiami jų bruožai, ieškoma laidosenos ir visuomenės raidos sąveikos. XIII–XIV a.
Petrauskas, Gediminas
core   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy