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We explore how death rituals, death care practices and bereavement from around the world are shaped by culture, politics, history and religion.

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Central for the Day of the Dead is the idea that during the two days, souls come back from the underworld to visit ...
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The Incomprehensible Grief of Watching The World Burn 

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Mexico’s Culinary Traditions Feed the Souls of the Living and the Dead

Through these rituals, food becomes a means of connecting with the spiritual world, as well as a gesture of love and remembrance.
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