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CULTURE FUNERAIRE [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
CONT

[At] the burial of a harness racing driver, his horse was brought to the cemetery. [A] beer cart ... stood just outside the cemetery, and [the mourners] drank to [the deceased] health [and] threw the beer glasses into the grave instead of flowers ... These examples show that the pluralization of lifestyles which is taking place within society ... has made its way into funeral culture in the form of a diversification of burial rituals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

Aujourd’hui les cercueils figuratifs sont devenus une partie intégrante de la culture funéraire locale.

Spanish

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