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Death and Afterwards -
Very interesting account of a Greek Catholic Baltic Finnic people's beliefs in death, omens of death and the afterlife.
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol8/mds.htm 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.
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/mikko.htm Aging and Death in Folklore -
Examples from folklore divided by subject rather than region.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/aging.html 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.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/albion/adeath.html Orkney Islands -
Omens of Death
http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/death/ Orkney Islands -
Binding the dead.
http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/death/death2.htm Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants -
Funerary practices of a West Siberian tribe in the last quarter of the 20th century.
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol7/khants.htm Bali Royal Cremation - photos by Max Buten -
Description and pictures of Balinese cremation ceremonies.
http://buten.net/max/Bali/index_baliroyalcremation.html Gravestone Symbolism & Iconography -
Ever wonder what the skull and crossbones represents on a gravestone?
http://members.aol.com/TombView/symbol.html Marriage and Funerals in Athens -
Jana Shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in Ancient Greece.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html The Call of Yama -
Website exploring death according to Hindusim. Includes answers to frequently asked questions, and a photographic exhibit.
http://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/death/ Death: Burial Customs and Beliefs -
Death customs and beliefs in various regions and countries of the world.
http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/burialframe.htm DearDeath Central -
Explores the faces of death across art, societies and rituals, science and medicine.
http://www.deardeath.com/ Deadly Superstitions -
American folk beliefs about death and burial; part of the extensive Tombstone Traveller's Guide to American cemeteries and funeral practices.
http://members.tripod.com/~mccurtain_2/genietips/tip1.html Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China -
Describes funerary practices in a Chinese village.
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/funeral/funeral.html History Of Funeral Customs -
Good introduction from the Wyoming Funeral Directors Association site.
http://www.wyfda.org/basics_2.html
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