Lecture 9

Question 1

Death rituals - death studies

Answer 1

before, during and after death
funeral rituals 
- cremation 
- spreading of ashes 
- rituals accompanying funerals / burials

Question 2

Rituals 2 definitions

Answer 2

Rituals are embodied, condensed, and prescribed enactment

a sequence of action which take on a symbolic unit

• dependable on time and place
• expressing ideals, belief, identities through rituals

Question 3

Rites of passage / rituals

Answer 3

rituals accompany a passage from one situation to another or one cosmic / social world to another

Question 4

Authentication

Answer 4

• = A process invoking the experience of something as true, real of meaningful