Cross-cultural Funeral Service Rituals

As a service as a member of the family, we do not need a little field preparations. However, the observer did the following work to prepare for observation: observation of participants / non-participants, sociology of ethnographic journals, and funerals of African-American: Merriam, S B. ( 2009). As a careful observer. Qualitative study: design and implementation guidance, Chapter 6 and Hazel, L. (2013). Visit a cross-cultural funeral church and review sizes, spaces, objects, and layout.

Rituals related to death differ in history and intercultural context (Bullock, 2011; Doka & Tucci, 2009). In some cultures, the dead are buried; in other cultures, the dead are burned and the ashes are spreading. Depending on the location, the surviving wife may be burned with her husband. In the United States, death is different from traditional New Orleans funeral, street music, funeral wearing white, dark and calm funeral, black frustrated funerary. Certain cultures are more emotionally expressed than other cultures. Some cultures established rituals to express anger, others do not.

There was a funeral before the body was buried in the basement. In the funeral, a mild burn, a small cross, or a rosary that crossed the person who died the cross. Sprinkle holy water on your body and place it in a coffin facing the altar. The grave is on the east and west axis, the feet face the sun. The priest dominates worship, including funeral prayers, short poems, Lord's prayers and blessings. Prayer may happen in the process of lowering the body to the ground. Families, friends, and visitors may leave dirt in the coffin. This symbolizes that the body has returned to the earth (Christian Ministry of Education).

Family (or family) service is an African-American Christian funeral tradition, symbolizing the return of the dead to the Lord or heaven. This is a celebration that is an active part of African American history and culture. Like other traditions, customs, customs, and African-American culture norms, this ceremony dealing with death is shaped by the African American experience. The history of home service can be traced back to the arrival of African slaves to the United States. In the early years of slave trade slaves believed that death means that their souls return to their home country Africa. They are not allowed to collect any form of burial of the deceased as slaveowners are afraid that slaves will attempt to raise ups in such gatherings. Later on, in order to control the slave population, the slave master protested the slaves protestantly and soothered them down.