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Almost human': life-size replicas of the dead help mend broken hearts in India

A Kolkata workshop creates lifesize replicas of deceased loved ones using clay, fiberglass, and silicon, helping families process grief by keeping realistic figures of the dead in their homes.

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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine

4 weeks ago

regula tschumi on funerary culture as a living visual language in southern ghana

Ga-Adangme figurative coffins function as embedded cultural expressions reflecting belief systems, lineage, social hierarchy, and family identity through ritual objects and commemorative practices.

Philosophy

fromThe Conversation

2 months ago

The hidden power of grief rituals

Funeral rituals mobilize substantial resources and communal participation, creating intense shared grief and strong social bonds across personal and national communities.

World news

fromwww.theguardian.com

1 month ago

I want people to be warned': son forced to remove tubes from father's septic body after death in Bali hospital

A Balinese hospital forced a son to remove life-support and bodily tubes from his dead father within two hours amid unsanitary conditions and suspected sepsis.

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Almost human': life-size replicas of the dead help mend broken hearts in India

regula tschumi on funerary culture as a living visual language in southern ghana

The hidden power of grief rituals

I want people to be warned': son forced to remove tubes from father's septic body after death in Bali hospital

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