Clements, Tamesha (2012) Death and culture (cultural aspects of death). University Publications, Delhi, India. ISBN 9788132337324
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Abstract
In most cultures, after the last offices have been performed and before the onset of significant decay, relations or friends arrange ritual disposal of the body, usually either cremation or interment in a tomb. Cremation is a very old and quite common custom. For some people, the act of cremation exemplifies the belief of the Christian concept of "ashes to ashes". Other modes of disposal include interment in a grave, or interment of the body in a sarcophagus, crypt, sepulchre, or ossuary, a mound or barrow, or a monumental surface structure such as a mausoleum (exemplified by the Taj Mahal) or a pyramid (as exemplified by the Great Pyramid of Giza). One method of corpse disposal is sky burial, which involves placing the body of the deceased on high ground (a mountain) and leaving it for birds of prey to dispose of, as in Tibet. In some religious views, birds of prey are carriers of the soul to the heavens. Such practice may also have originated from pragmatic environmental issues, such as conditions in which the terrain (as in Tibet) is too stony or hard to dig, there are few trees around to burn. As the local religion of Buddhism, in the case of Tibet, believes that body after death is only an empty shell, there are more practical ways than burial of the disposing of a body, such as leaving it for animals to consume.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| Divisions: | Electronic Books |
| Depositing User: | Esam @ Hisham Muhammad |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2022 09:06 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2022 09:06 |
| URI: | http://odlsystem2.utm.my/id/eprint/3701 |
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