Discover more than 35 fascinating customs around death, grief, and rebirth, from Mexico’s Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) to Tibetan sky burials. Find special in-depth features on festivals, celebrations, and catacombs, plus first-person essays, respectful photography, and illustrations that reveal how the world honours the passing of loved ones.
an eye-opening tour of the varied ways cultures grapple with what lies beyond - Publisher's Weekly
This illuminating book reveals how cultures and communities around the world grieve their loved ones - with lessons we can all learn from to help us all live (and die) well. Divided into four key chapters: Celebrating, Commemorating, Mourning, and Offering, readers will discover resting places, burials, rituals, and symbols that have been associated with death throughout time. Inside Lonely Planet's Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth:
Over 35 incredible customs from cultures and communities across the planet that explore our beliefs and traditions surrounding death, grief, and rebirth
Special in-depth featuresexamine elements of death in greater detail including: festivals and celebrations; remarkable catacombs; symbols of death and rebirth; the world's most impressive tombs
Insightful first-person accounts and essays from locals discussing their relationship and experiences with death
Vibrant illustrations and photography explain the customs and rituals in a gracious manner
Themes and events featured within the book: Jazz funerals (New Orleans); Turning of the bones (Madagascar); Burial beads (South Korea); Fantasy coffins (Ghana); Lakota soul keepers (USA); Islamic funeral customs; death wailing; the people paid to weep; Swedish death cleaning; Green burials; and more
Lonely Planet's Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth is the ultimate self-purchase, or gift, for anyone looking to gain a fresh perspective into the ways we process death as a society and as individuals.
an eye-opening tour of the varied ways cultures grapple with what lies beyond - Publisher's Weekly
This illuminating book reveals how cultures and communities around the world grieve their loved ones - with lessons we can all learn from to help us all live (and die) well. Divided into four key chapters: Celebrating, Commemorating, Mourning, and Offering, readers will discover resting places, burials, rituals, and symbols that have been associated with death throughout time. Inside Lonely Planet's Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth:
Over 35 incredible customs from cultures and communities across the planet that explore our beliefs and traditions surrounding death, grief, and rebirth
Special in-depth featuresexamine elements of death in greater detail including: festivals and celebrations; remarkable catacombs; symbols of death and rebirth; the world's most impressive tombs
Insightful first-person accounts and essays from locals discussing their relationship and experiences with death
Vibrant illustrations and photography explain the customs and rituals in a gracious manner
Themes and events featured within the book: Jazz funerals (New Orleans); Turning of the bones (Madagascar); Burial beads (South Korea); Fantasy coffins (Ghana); Lakota soul keepers (USA); Islamic funeral customs; death wailing; the people paid to weep; Swedish death cleaning; Green burials; and more
Lonely Planet's Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth is the ultimate self-purchase, or gift, for anyone looking to gain a fresh perspective into the ways we process death as a society and as individuals.
This book collects together cultural pearls of wisdom from 86 countries to form the ultimate reference book for how to live well. Each culture lives by its own words of wisdom - handed down from...
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