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"Until Death Us Do Part": Marriage and Funeral Rites in Classical Athens: Article on ceremonies of marriage and death in ancient Athens, implications for status of Athenian women.- www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html |
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Aging and Death in Folklore: Examples from folklore divided by subject rather than region.- www.pitt.edu/~dash/aging.html |
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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.- xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/albion/adeath.html |
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Bali Royal Cremation - photos by Max Buten: Description and pictures of Balinese cremation ceremonies.- buten.net/max/Bali/index_baliroyalcremation.html |
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Deadly Superstitions: American folk beliefs about death and burial; part of the extensive Tombstone Traveller's Guide to American cemeteries and funeral practices.- members.tripod.com/~mccurtain_2/genietips/tip1.html |
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Death Central on Monstrous: Explores the faces of death across art, societies and rituals, science and medicine.- death.monstrous.com/ |
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Death: Burial Customs and Beliefs: Death customs and beliefs in various regions and countries of the world.- library.thinkquest.org/16665/burialframe.htm |
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Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China: Describes funerary practices in a Chinese village.- www.chinavista.com/experience/funeral/funeral.html |
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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.- haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/mikko.htm |
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Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants: Funerary practices of a West Siberian tribe in the last quarter of the 20th century.- folklore.ee/folklore/vol7/khants.htm |
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Gravestone Symbolism & Iconography: Ever wonder what the skull & crossbones represents on a gravestone? Here's an extensive guide.- members.aol.com/TombView/symbol.html |
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History Of Funeral Customs: Good introduction from the Wyoming Funeral Directors Association site.- www.wyfda.org/basics_2.html |
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Orkney Islands: Omens of Death- www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/death/ |
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The Call of Yama: Website exploring death according to Hindusim. Includes answers to frequently asked questions, and a photographic exhibit.- www.kamat.com/indica/culture/death/ |
