Open Directory - Society: Folklore: Death and Funeral Customs

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Society: Death: Death Care: Funeral Customs (10)
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Aging and Death in Folklore - Examples from folklore divided by subject rather than region.
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.
Bali Royal Cremation - photos by Max Buten - Description and pictures of Balinese cremation ceremonies.
Deadly Superstitions - American folk beliefs about death and burial; part of the extensive Tombstone Traveller's Guide to American cemeteries and funeral practices.
DearDeath Central - Explores the faces of death across art, societies and rituals, science and medicine.
Death and Afterwards - Very interesting account of a Greek Catholic Baltic Finnic people's beliefs in death, omens of death and the afterlife.
Death: Burial Customs and Beliefs - Death customs and beliefs in various regions and countries of the world.
Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China - Describes funerary practices in a Chinese village.
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.
Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants - Funerary practices of a West Siberian tribe in the last quarter of the 20th century.
History Of Funeral Customs - Good introduction from the Wyoming Funeral Directors Association site.
Marriage and Funerals in Athens - Jana Shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in Ancient Greece.
Orkney Islands - Omens of Death
Orkney Islands - Binding the dead.
The Call of Yama - Website exploring death according to Hindusim. Includes answers to frequently asked questions, and a photographic exhibit.

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Open Directory - Society: Death: Death Care: Funeral Customs

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Ahavat Israel - Jewish funeral and mourning customs according to Jewish Law.
Army Mortuary Affairs History Page - with lots of relevant articles
Death and Mourning: A Jewish Perspective - Mazor Guide to the Jewish way - at times of death and mourning. Perspectives of the three major denominations: Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative.
HTC: Death, Funeral, Requiem - Orthodox Christian Traditions, Customs and Practice
Japanese Funeral Style - Gives a step by step process of how Japanese take care of their funerals, from the moment of death to after all the ceremonies.
Jewish Funerals, Burial and Mourning - Educational organization providing information and assistance with traditional Jewish practices around death.
Military Funeral Customs - Arlington National Cemetery - Funeral Customs At Arlington National Cemetery
The Japanese Way of Death: A Funeral in Sapporo - Insightful example of how procedures and funerals take place.

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