About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: Funerals, Tragedy, Tragedy of the commons, Support group, Death and funeral of Corazon Aquino, Michael Jackson memorial service, Military funeral, Funeral practices and burial customs in the Philippines, Grief counseling, Roman Catholic funeral, Electra, Islamic funeral, French history in the English-speaking theater, Kubler-Ross model, Cremation Society of Great Britain, Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, Funerals of Ion Mo a and Vasile Marin, Hmong funeral, Orphans, Mourning sickness, The Grief Recovery Institute, Postponement of affect, Angel of Grief, Jazz funeral, Bereavement flight, Funeral march, Sadness, Disenfranchised grief, The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli, Anticipatory grief, Harry...A Communication Breakdown, Delayed grief, Traumatic grief, Stand up tragedy, Icelandic funeral, Funeral toll, Induced after-death communication, Lacrymatory, Funeral procession, Condolences, The Primal Wound, Funeral Dues, Grief therapy dog. Excerpt: A funeral is an ceremony for celebrating, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from interment itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor. These customs vary widely between cultures, and between religious affiliations within cultures. The word funeral comes from the Latin funus, which had a variety of meanings, including the corpse and the funerary rites themselves. Funerary art is art produced in connection with burials, including many kinds of tombs, and objects specially made for burial with a corpse. Funeral rites are as old as the human culture itself, predating modern Homo sapiens, to at least 300,000 years ago. For example, in the Shanidar cave in Iraq, in Pontnewydd Cave in Wales and other sites across Europ...
