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Dying to Eat: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Food, Death, and the Afterlife

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Date: 12 Apr 2023 03:04:58
Dying to Eat: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Food, Death, and the Afterlife

Candi K. Cann, "Dying to Eat: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Food, Death, and the Afterlife "
English | ISBN: 0813178517 | 2019 | 208 pages | EPUB | 2 MB

Food has played a major role in funerary and memorial practices since the dawn of the human race. In the ancient Roman world, for example, it was common practice to build channels from the tops of graves into the crypts themselves, and mourners would regularly pour offerings of food and drink into these conduits to nourish the dead while they waited for the afterlife. Funeral cookies wrapped with printed prayers and poems meant to comfort mourners became popular in Victorian England; while in China, Japan, and Korea, it is customary to offer food not only to the bereaved, but to the deceased, with ritual dishes prepared and served to the dead.

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