Veneration
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WHAT IF I DO NOT KNOW MY ANCESTORS?
The hardest part of venerating our ancestors can be figuring out who they were. Our ancestors lived and died around the process of making us. We are a part of each and every one of them; a mosaic of other lives and other worlds. Some families proudly have a long history of records detailing each…
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BOLIVIA’S DIA DE LAS ÑATITAS
Bolivians, especially the Aymara, use the skulls of their deceased loved ones in rituals of remembrance on and around 8 November each year. Ancient Andean and early Columbian traditions where living family is to sit with the bones of their ancestors in order to ensure continued protection and guidance are still observed today. This typically…
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JAPAN’S OBON FESTIVAL, BON ODORI, AND SHUKATSU
Japan has a term for the hordes of business people racing to jobs that is increasingly used more as slang for how we prepare for death.
Venerate Your Dead 