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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. Gravestone Symbolism & Iconography Ever wonder what the skull & crossbones represents on a gravestone? Here's an extensive guide. History Of Funeral Customs Good introduction from the Wyoming Funeral Directors Association site. Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China Describes funerary practices in a Chinese village. 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. Marriage and Funerals in Athens Jana Shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in Ancient Greece. Aging and Death in Folklore Examples from folklore divided by subject rather than region. 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. Death and Afterwards Very interesting account of a Greek Catholic Baltic Finnic people's beliefs in death, omens of death and the afterlife. Orkney Islands Omens of Death |
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