Death and Funeral Customs (Folklore)

Death and Funeral Customs Sites:

Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China: Describes funerary practices in a Chinese village. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://www.chinavista.com/experience/funeral/funeral.html Gravestone Symbolism & Iconography Gravestone Symbolism & Iconography: Ever wonder what the skull & crossbones represents on a gravestone? Here's an extensive guide. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://members.aol.com/TombView/symbol.html Marriage and Funerals in Athens Marriage and Funerals in Athens: Jana Shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in Ancient Greece. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants: Funerary practices of a West Siberian tribe in the last quarter of the 20th century. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol7/khants.htm Death Central on Monstrous Death Central on Monstrous: Explores the faces of death across art, societies and rituals, science and medicine. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://death.monstrous.com/ Backcountry Death Ways 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 Funeral Customs) http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/albion/adeath.html Deadly Superstitions Deadly Superstitions: American folk beliefs about death and burial; part of the extensive Tombstone Traveller's Guide to American cemeteries and funeral practices. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://members.tripod.com/~mccurtain_2/genietips/tip1.html History Of Funeral Customs History Of Funeral Customs: Good introduction from the Wyoming Funeral Directors Association site. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://www.wyfda.org/basics_2.html Bali Royal Cremation - photos by Max Buten Bali Royal Cremation - photos by Max Buten: Description and pictures of Balinese cremation ceremonies. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://buten.net/max/Bali/index_baliroyalcremation.html Funeral Customs of Caucasian Estonians 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. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/mikko.htm Orkney Islands Orkney Islands: Binding the dead. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/death/death2.htm Death: Burial Customs and Beliefs Death: Burial Customs and Beliefs: Death customs and beliefs in various regions and countries of the world. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/burialframe.htm Aging and Death in Folklore Aging and Death in Folklore: Examples from folklore divided by subject rather than region. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/aging.html The Call of Yama The Call of Yama: Website exploring death according to Hindusim. Includes answers to frequently asked questions, and a photographic exhibit. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/death/ Death and Afterwards Death and Afterwards: Very interesting account of a Greek Catholic Baltic Finnic people's beliefs in death, omens of death and the afterlife. (Death and Funeral Customs) http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol8/mds.htm