Memento Mori
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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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WHAT IS ANCESTRAL VENERATION?
Venerate Your Dead is a death-positive ode to ancestor veneration rituals, funerary rites, spirit festivals, and what is eaten on sacred days. In the coming weeks, I will be writing about how their families and cultures honour their loved ones during and after death, and about any special meals and drinks they reserve for those…
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