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The role of the furnace in Karelians funeral and memorial rites and folk medicine
Introduction. The article studies the role of the furnace in funeral-memorial rite and folk medicine of the Karelians. The study examines the functions of the furnace at all stages of the funeral-memorial rite, starting with the death of a person.
Yevgeniy V. Karakin, Tatyana V. Pashkova
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Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares +5 more
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Funeral Rites of the Garos: Unveiling Cultural Assimilation Amidst Christian Influence
This paper analyzes the funeral rites and ritualistic practices associated with death among the Garo community of Northeast India, a community that has undergone linguistic divisions and witnessed fragmentation due to colonialism and subsequent ...
Silba R. Marak, Dwijen Sharma
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The view of the Catholic Church of the Viceroyalty of Peru on indigenous funeral rites [PDF]
the article analyzes the Church's position on the funeral rites that were practiced by the Peruvian Indigenous in the early colonial period. First, the author presents a brief description of the Andean funeral rite, most of the elements of which (the ...
Elena Novoselova
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The Management of Taboos in Lyéla Funeral Rites: The Tension Between Traditional Practices and Modern Transformations [PDF]
This article examines how taboos are managed in the funeral rites of the Lyéla people of Burkina Faso, highlighting tensions between tradition and modernity.
Emmanuel Bationo +2 more
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The text presents newly discovered graves of Strzyżów culture from the Early Bronze Age, located at a cemetery in Rogalin, Poland. The funeral rites of Strzyżów culture are multifaceted. Most of the dead were placed in graves in supine position, equipped
Anna Hyrchała
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The Emergence and Development of Christian Funeral Rites in the Byzantine Empire in the X–XII Centuries [PDF]
The article analyses the structure of the Byzantine funeral rites in the X–XII centuries and explores the thematic heterogeneity of their earliest elements, namely prayers, biblical readings, and hymnography. The exploration of the funeral rites from the
Zoya Dashevskaya, Julia Shtonda
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Historiography of the major English-language studies of death, afterlife, and memorial rites in Buddhism [PDF]
The article reviews the main English-language works devoted to the study of "Buddhist death": ideas about death, the afterlife, funeral and memorial rites in the countries where Buddhism is widespread. Considerable attention is paid to the description of
Gunskii Aleksey
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