A lot of the funeral process or steps kind of follow ... Mr Kelen said there were three "death rituals". Ilomej: A vigil where the family keeps the departed loved ones and people come and share ...

We are holding a celebration of life for my 28- year-old son at an airplane hangar. I’ m saying“ Wear anything! ”because we ...

Together, “sackcloth and ashes” represented several human conditions: frailty, mortality, expressing and asking for forgiveness, and worn as part of the mourning ritual. Covering oneself with ...

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In the 1940s, large-scale excavations in Guatemala City began uncovered scores of clay figurines. They were an eclectic bunch. Facial features varied, hairstyles ranged from buns to curls to ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of transition. By Elisabetta Povoledo and Jason Horowitz Reporting from ...

Akhilesh Yadav's decision to forgo the thirteenth-day mourning ritual for his father, Mulayam Singh Yadav, has sparked significant changes within the Yadav community in Uttar Pradesh. The practice ...