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FUNERAL RITUALS, 2: EXPERIENCES IN AMERICAN AND IN HUNTING/GATHERING SOCIETIES February 28, 2001
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Example from your own experience n On a sheet of paper, take a minute to answer one of the following: –in a funeral which you witnessed, do you recall any allusions, symbols, or references the cycle of life, fertility, or continuity? –Do you recall anything about insuring that the dead be “peaceful”?
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Hunting/gathering societies n What are some differences between hunting/gathering societies and agricultural (food-producing) societies?
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Death beliefs and rituals in the hunting/gathering societies discussed by Woodburn n Take a moment and write down 2 features of the beliefs and practices about death among the groups discussed by Woodburn n Write briefly about how these features might be related to the way of life of these groups
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A suggestive comparison n Are there similarities between how these hunting-gathering groups treat death and how death is treated in US society? n Do people in the US share with hunter- gatherers an orientation toward death that is distinct from that of agricultural- village society?
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