Death Erasmo Mario
Death Erasmo Mario Personal and yet utterly universal, inevitable and yet unknowable, death has been a dominant theme in all cultures, since earliest times. For example, preparing the corpse of the…
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Death Erasmo Mario
Personal and yet utterly universal, inevitable and yet unknowable, death has been a dominant theme in all cultures, since earliest times. For example, preparing the corpse of the deceased, holding a memorial service, the practice of cremation and of burial in 'resting places' are all liminal processes that can trace their origin to ancient practices. Different societies address death and the act of dying in culturally diverse ways; yet, remarkably, across the span of several millennia, we can recognize in the customs of ancient Greece and Rome ceremonies and rituals that have enduring present-day resonance.
Yet of late there has been a shift away from classical ritual and sombre memorialization as the dead are transformed into spectacles. Such rites - described by Cicero and Herodotus, among others - have defined traditional modern funerals. Ad hoc roadside shrines, 'virtual'