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tiompan T
tiompan Jun 13, 2016 13:10:02
Replying to Markoid

Yes ,the more sanitised stuff is relatively recent and it's imagined that the beliefs and rituals are pretty similar even across Europe , when that is not the case .
Secondary burial is still carried out in southern and eastern Europe with attendant rituals that seem strange to us north westerners .

M Markoid
Markoid Jun 13, 2016 13:36:34
Replying to tiompan

All very well, and erudite, but you're gonna kak it one day! Me too and, then
just the sweet memories from others, If we're lucky!

M Markoid
Markoid Jun 13, 2016 13:43:20
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
Yes ,the more sanitised stuff is relatively recent and it's imagined that the beliefs and rituals are pretty similar even across Europe , when that is not the case .
Secondary burial is still carried out in southern and eastern Europe with attendant rituals that seem strange to us north westerners .
Rituals respect the dead and the living. I think that's where the word came from. A religious term. Almost like a trance - like prayer.