Friday, October 28, 2011

Changes Brought About By Grieving: The Ceremony of Grieving in Various Cultures and Their Attitude towards Afterlife

By Alberto Ziegenfuss


When the people are done watching the Grief Transformation, they are starting already to ask about the traditions of other cultures. Curiosity tells me to know more about the behavior of the people when their love ones dies or how many people are considering the afterlife.

Here are the lists of the religions with their corresponding behavior:

The Hindu has a Hindu Holy Scripture as Bhagavad Gita said that the soul of the deceased person will be moved out into higher levels of existence. The rituals that I have always encountered are coming from the crossovers in the past. This will help me reminiscing the past when some is ill and you are walking using tip toe. The ceremonies pay respect to peace and consciousness. The grieving process is 13 days. The things that you need to avoid are wearing new clothes, going to any celebrations and eating sweet foods. There are days that are given for the deceased in honoring them and this is when their favorite foods are being served. A part is positioned in front of the photograph and will be burned in a tradition of honor.

For the Native Americans, they have a mixture of beliefs in a lot of other tribes. There are people who believe in rebirth, but some does not. Some people believe that they will become ghosts later on. There are other people who would say that nobody knows the luck of every people. What is similar among them all is on how they paved way for the respect and honor that they give for their loved ones. For the people, earth, and all of other sources.

A lot of Asian American traditions have a strong belief that there really is a life after death. Others believe that throwing spirit money is helpful in distracting the evil spirits so that it will not follow your love ones in the cemetery. Taking care of your loved ones after death is very important and that visiting the cemetery is considered to one of the family traditions. During holidays and family traditions, flowers should always be present.

The Jewish's beliefs about the life after death often comes in various forms. This is why to give honor to the deceased, it really involves in a long series. The deceased will somewhat like to have an act of punishment for the sins he committed. Prayer is done during the grieving process as a way of cleansing his souls from the sins that he made. Shiva is the process of mourning that usually end up for weeks.

All together, the Christian Religions are considering afterlife. Some believe about the hell or purgatory to be a place for people who were not able to confess their sins. There are some Christians that consider praying the deceases so that they all are healed.

Regardless of the rites, there are common themes that can be observed in every culture that we have. There are many rituals done so that they can give honor to the deceased loved one and that they also have rituals to assist in the grieving process. The deceased loved one will be forgotten. Eternally, they will always be in our tradition and memories.




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