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An Ancient Indian Custom: Sati
Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017 The practice of burning the widow with the corpse of the husband is an old Indo- Germanic custom. Similar practices are notably common both in Europe and especially in Scandinavian cultures and also ancient Egyptians, Greece and Bali, etc.
Yalçın KAYALI
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Death, Funeral Rituals, and Stigma: Perspectives from Mortuary Workers and Bereaved Families. [PDF]
Pastoral Psychol, 2023 Mas'amah +4 more
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National Relics: Secular Sacrality, Museums, and Heritage‐Making in Nineteenth‐Century Chile
Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how objects and bodily remains are transformed and ritualized into national relics through collecting and exhibiting practices in museums. Focusing on nineteenth‐century Chile, it draws on archival sources, material culture theory, and the anthropology of religion to argue that objects associated with Chile's nation‐state
Hugo Rueda Ramírez
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RUDN Journal of World History, 2011 This paper presents the results of the excavation of Sukhaya Termista I burial ground located in the Rostov region of the Southern Russia. The features of the burial rite and funeral goods including remains of plants (phytoliths and pollen), physical ...
I Sergeevna Omelchenko +1 more
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Hunting and Hauora: Pig Hunters and Poaka in Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand Geographer, Volume 82, Issue 2, August 2026.ABSTRACT Though invasive, wild pigs (poaka) were fundamental to the survival of both Māori and Pākehā during colonisation, and they remain an essential source of kai (sustenance) today. Utilising a Whanganui case study, 24 participants, semi‐structured interviews, and thematic analysis guided by Kaupapa Māori principles, describe hunters' interests in ...
Claire Kuuii Adeline Dowsett +2 more
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Politics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 4, August 2026.ABSTRACT Assisted dying has returned to UK policy debate amid legislative scrutiny and growing hospice sector instability. This paper brings 1994 Mass Observation data into dialog with contemporary debates to examine how members of the public understood suffering, autonomy, and care at the end of life.
Kathryn McEwan +2 more
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 3, July 2026.ABSTRACT South Africa, like many countries, holds collections of human skeletonized individuals historically acquired through anatomical dissection programs. This paper examines non‐consensual anatomized and unclaimed (NCAU) state‐directed skeletonized individuals, whose presence in collections pose significant legal, ethical, and professional ...
A. Alblas, V. E. Gibbon
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Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2026.Traditional Ugandan Tonto is produced through the spontaneous fermentation of banana juice and roasted sorghum. Fermentation decreased pH and total soluble solids while increasing ethanol and titratable acidity. A total of 38 volatile compounds were identified, with esters contributing characteristic fruity and banana‐like aromas.
Ambrose Atwine +6 more
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: The Interpretation of Funeral Rituals in Czechoslovakia in 1950s
, 2013 (in English) The main topic of this thesis is both analysis and interpretation of the relationship between funeral rites, political power and society. Funeral rites are understood as a complex of performative, symbolic social acts, which are themselves ...
Tesař, Jan
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, 2019 Judaism has rich symbolism, particularly when it comes to symbolism of grave art or cemetery culture in general. The very word cemetery in Hebrew is referred to as bet Chaim (the house of life), bet kwarot (the house of graves) or bet olam (the house of ...
Wozikowski, Karol
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