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Talah Thobo: A Study on the Funerary Rites of the Liangmai
2023Death is inevitable, and it is a universal phenomenon that has different meanings and practices across cultures. Like many communities around the world, the Liangmai also considers death as one of the important life cycles of a human. They also believe in the migration of souls or hiunah to Charuiram (the land of the dead) after physical death.
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Ritual and Funerary Rites in Later Prehistoric Scotland
2019A report of research undertaken as part of a research grant from the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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The Breaking of Objects as a Funerary Rite: Supplementary Notes
Folklore, 1973(1973). The Breaking of Objects as a Funerary Rite: Supplementary Notes. Folklore: Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 111-114.
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Human Remains and Funerary Rites in the Phoenician Necropolis of Motya (Sicily)
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2017AbstractThe aim of this paper is to examine the fresh evidence retrieved in the early cemetery or ‘archaic necropolis’ (eighth to sixth century bc) on the island of Motya, one of the main Phoenician colonies in the Mediterranean. Because of its integrity and the large number of finds, the cemetery has been considered one of the most relevant sites for ...
G. Lauria +3 more
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Craniology and the Funerary Rite of the Population of Scythian Neapolis
Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia, 2017Abstract This article describes an attempt of the comparison between data assembled by archaeologists and physical anthropologists relating to group burials in earth catacombs of the Eastern Necropolis at Scythian Neapolis. A coincidence was identified between variability trends in craniometric and some archaeological features.
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Changes in funerary rites and burial practices in Modern Korea (1876–1945)
Contemporary Japan, 2020Before Korea opened its ports in 1876, funerary customs and burial practices were strongly influenced by Confucianism and geomancy.
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Small Bowls and Saltcellars in Funerary Rite of Volna 1 Necropolis
Stratum plus. Archaeology and Cultural AnthropologyThe article analyzes a complex of miniature bowls and saltcellars from the end of the 6th to the middle of the 3rd century BC, found in 172 burials from the necropolis of the Volna 1 settlement. Different in form (14 variants), they are equally found accompanying male and female burials. Among the black-glazed vessels, a saltcellar of Southern Italian
Tatyana Egorova +2 more
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Theses from OCMS: Funerary Rites in Nepal: Cremation, Burial and Christian Identity
Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies, 2018This study explores and analyses funerary rite struggles in a nation where Christianity is a comparatively recent phenomenon, and many families have Christian and Hindu, Buddhist and Traditionalist ( kiranti) members, who go through traumatic experiences at the death of their family members. The context of mixed affiliation raises questions of social,
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