Author : Terje Oestigaard
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Deceased's Life Cycle Rituals in Nepal by : Terje Oestigaard
Download or read book The Deceased's Life Cycle Rituals in Nepal written by Terje Oestigaard and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study forms `an ethnoarchaeological analysis of the life cycle rituals from the funeral practice and its manifestation in the mortuary remains of Brahmans and Magars in Central Dhaulagiri zone of Nepal'. It is largely based on first-hand experience of funerals and explores the religious and cosmological ideas surrounding death and the afterlife, what death represents for the living and the rites and rituals performed to the deceased. In the final chapter, Oestigaard considers how this evidence can help us interpret the burials of the past and re-appraise our Christianised views of death.