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Where the Fire Still Burns: Métis Wake Traditions on the Prairies
The first wake that I attended was conducted in a curling rink. It was winter in Saskatchewan, and outside the snowbanks loomed over ...
Death Care
What Death Care Can Learn From Disability Justice
Disability Justice’s approach can provide death care with the necessary tools to reckon with the complex and overlapping issues faced at the end-of-life.
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A Beginner’s Guide to South Africa’s Cemeteries
In the Global North, cemeteries are generally recognised as important sites not just for burial, but also as community assets for safeguarding and ...
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Marked by Loss: Memorial Tattoos as Modern Grief Ritual
Grief is always this weird thing. No matter how many times it taps us on the shoulder—or wallops us in the face—it never ...
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Careers in Death Care: A Day in the Life of a Caretaker of an Abandoned Cemetery
Mount Moriah Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery, hosting 150,000 burials and sprawling over hundreds of acres across Southwest Philadelphia and Yeadon, Pennsylvania. ...
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Traditional Chinese Death Rites and Superstitions Explained
Death rites are essential to honor our loved ones, but as a devoutly superstitious people, the Chinese also view death as a source ...
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Bees are Bringing Life Back to This 135 Year Old Cemetery
At Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home and Cemetery in Seattle, the hum of bees offers an unexpected soundtrack to a place known for stillness. ...
Death Care
Is Death Doula Certification Really Worth it?
A death doula provides non-medical support, guidance, and assistance to individuals who are dying and those around them leading up to, during, or ...
Culture & Politics
The Traditional Death Rites of the Yoruba
‘Adiye irana ki s’oun ajegbe’ is a Yoruba saying illustrating two core beliefs: the sacrifices involved in funerals, and the fact that every ...
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Keeper Memorials Cemetery Kiosk Software will Modernize Over 100 VA National Cemeteries in $12M Contract
Keeper Memorials Cemetery Kiosk Software will Modernize Over 100 VA National Cemeteries in $12M Contract Keeper Memorials, an award-winning digital memorialization platform, has ...
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Funeral Traditions from Ireland: How the Irish Embrace Death
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Today is the anniversary of the death of Saint Patrick. We celebrate his Feast Day, which ...
