Death American Style
Posted on June 25th, 2018 by | Leave a comment
Posted under
While other cultures celebrate death, Americans try to ignore the inevitable – hoping that a cure will be discovered in the future, so they will be able to escape unscathed. If we do believe we will die, many of us predict, or at least hope, that we will be too old and feeble to know […]
Continue Reading Death Festivals Part 2
Posted on March 26th, 2018 by | Leave a comment
Posted under
Last week, we started a two-part series about death festivals around the world – the ways cultures acknowledge, honor and celebrate their dead. While most Americans avoid even uttering the term, afraid they will jinx themselves and end up in an early grave, other cultures dedicate days, weeks and even months to death. Some even […]
Continue ReadingNo newer/older posts