Article: Death rituals, ideology, and the development of early Mesopotamian kingship; toward a new understanding of Iraq's royal cemetery of Ur.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Chinese American Death Rituals: Respecting the ...
Western Folklore;  January 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Chinese American Death Rituals: Respecting the Ancestors. Edited by Sue Fawn Chung and Priscilla ... focuses on specific cemeteries on Oahu and Maui, placing the death rituals of the Chinese into the socioeconomic context during the nineteenth ...

Article: Shedding light on death rituals
New Straits Times;  August 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Arfah New Straits Times 08-04-2003 Shedding light on death rituals Byline: Sharifah Arfah Edition: The City Advertiser; 2 ... editor, said the show aims to break the taboos surrounding death rituals. "It's more like a celebration of life's triumph ...

Article: Nine night: death and dying in Jamaica.(death ...
American Visions;  October 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... Jamaican elements that are largely African in their origins. Death rituals, such as the nine night - a ceremony of passage, where ... particularly in Maroon villages and Rastafarian communes, African death rituals and customs flourish in Jamaica. In contrast to European ...

Article: WHERE DEATH RITUALS HAVE BECOME ROUTINE
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 WHERE DEATH RITUALS HAVE BECOME ROUTINE -- ROCKAWAY BEACH STRUGGLING TO MOVE AHEAD By MIKE KELLY Date: 03-12-2002, Tuesday Section: NEWS Edition ...

Article: Chinese American death rituals; respecting the ...
Reference & Research Book News;  February 1, 2006 ;     467 words ...0759107335 Chinese American death rituals; respecting the ancestors. Ed. by Sue Fawn Chung and Priscilla Wegars. AltaMira Press 2005 307 pages $80.00 Hardcover E184 ...

Article: Women, pain and death; rituals and everyday life on ...
Reference & Research Book News;  November 1, 2009 ;     481 words ...9781847188700 Women, pain and death; rituals and everyday life on the margins of Europe and beyond. Ed. by Evy Johanne Haland. Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2008 239 pages ...

Article: FILIPINO DEATH RITUALS
Filipinas;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...In collaboration with Anthony Kan, Director of Field Force of Lifemark Group, Filipinas will be running a yearlong section on end-of-life issues. This is the first of a series. Death is generally defined as the end of one's life, but in cultures such as that of the Philippines, it's seen as a