1. Global strategies
  2. Remembering the dead as community members

Remembering the dead as community members

  • Living with the dead

Implementation

With the Shona people of Africa, the final ceremony for the dead is inviting the spirit back home.

Jew site in the living room at home for a week after the burial of a family member. Friends, relatives and neighbours come to visit, birnging food, talking about the departed - laughing, crying, sharing memories. Then the family showly get back to ordinary life.

Facilitates

Related

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(F) Exceptional strategies
Subject
  • Life » Death
  • Society » Communities
  • Content quality
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    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J8949
    DOCID
    12089490
    D7NID
    210788
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024