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NAVAJO INDIANS: NEW MEXICO--CUSTOM
IF AN INDIAN DIES IN THE HOSPITAL, ANYTHING IN THE
ROOM BELONGING TO THE DEAD PERSON IS PLACED IN THE
GRAVE WITH THEM.
Where learned: NEW MEXICO ; SHIPROCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INDIANS PUT FOUR POLES INTO THE GROUND. THEN THEY PUT
THE WRAPPED UP OBJECT ON THE STRETCHER, TIED TO THE
FOUR POLES. THEY SUPPLY THE BODY WITH FOOD AND DRINK
ON HIS TRIP TO THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS.
Submitter comment: DID A PAPER ON THE SUBJECT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
I HAVE HEARD THAT DOWN BY NEW ORLEANS, (LOUISIANA),
WHEN PEOPLE DIE THEY ARE PLACED IN A CASKET AND LOWERED
DOWN A CHUTE. AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS CHUTE IS NATURAL
QUICKSAND. THE BODY THEN TRAVELS OUT TO THE GULF
OF MEXICO. THIS IS BECAUSE NEW ORLEANS AND OTHER
SOUTHERN CITIES ARE SITUATED ON WET GROUND.
Where learned: DO NOT REMEMBER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
KOREAN CUSTOM
IN KOREA, THE TRAIN ENGINEERS DRIVE WITH THE LIGHTS OUT
ON THE TRAINS AT NIGHT. THIS IS SO THEY CAN'T SEE WHAT'S
ON THE TRACKS, BECAUSE IF THEY HIT SOMEONE, CUSTOM
DICTATES THAT WHOEVER OR WHATEVER TOUCHES THE DEAD
MAN FIRST IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUNERAL. RICK OBSERVED
THIS IN KOREA, 1956 (?).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
IN THIS RELIGIOUS CEREMONY THE MONK TAKES A LEAF AND
POURS WATER TO THE GROUND WHERE THE DEAD ARE BURIED.
THE LEAF MAY ALSO CONTAIN FOOD. THIS IS TO INSURE
FOOD TO THE DEAD AND A BELIEF IN LIFE AFTER DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
CHINESE CUSTOM
THE CINESE HAVE A MILITARY HERO WHOM THEY THREW IN THE
WATER AT HIS DEATH. SINCE THIS WAS A DOWNGRADING
THING TO DO, THROW IN THE WATER, THE CHINESE THROW
RICE INTO THE WATER TO FEED HIS SPIRIT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS CUSTOM WHILE STATIONED
IN CHINA AS A MISSIONARY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
WHEN AN OLD BUSHMAN DIED, AND NO CLERGYMAN COULD BE
FOUND, AN AMERICAN STEPPED FORWARD TO GIVE THE LAST
PRAYER. HE RECITED THE "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE"
AND NOONE KNEW. EVERYONE AGREED THAT "OLD HARRY
COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BURIED DECENTER."
Where learned: AUSTRALIA ; VICTORIA ; MELBOURNE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
CUSTOM PERTAINING TO THE DEATH OF A NEIGHBOR
WHEN A PERSON DIES, ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS OF THE VILLAGE MUST STOP EVERY KIND OF WORK,
EXCEPT WHAT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, FOR A PERIOD OF
THREE DAYS.
THIS CUSTOM IS PROPER TO THE BATOORO TRIBE OF ABOUT
100,000 PEOPLE IN UGANDA. DUE TO THE IMPRACTICALITY,
THE CUSTOM OF HAVING ALL THE VILLAGERS STOP THEIR WORK
IS DYING OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UGANDA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GREEK CUSTOM
IF A WOMAN FINDS HERSELF A WIDOW AFTER 40, SHE WILL WEAR
BLACK FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. THIS PARTICULAR FACT
IS PERTINENT TO THE GREEKS.
Submitter comment: JAMES'S MOTHER TOLD HIM OF THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
GREEK CUSTOM
AT A GREEK FUNERAL, A PICTURE OF THE PERSON IS HUNG UP.
JUST BEFORE THE PERSON IS BURIED, EVERYONE GOES UP
AND KISSES THE PICTURE OF THE PERSON.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
FUNERAL CUSTOM--CHANTING AT FUNERALS, NOT NECESSARILY
DONE BY THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
WHEN A PERSON WAS LAID OUT AT HOME, SOMEONE HAD TO
STAY WITH THE BODY ALL DAY AND NIGHT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
TO SHOW RESPECT FOR A PERSON THAT JUST DIED, IN OUR
FAMILY, WE WOULD UNPLUG OR STOP ALL THE CLOCKS IN OUR
HOUSE AT THE TIME OF DEATH. THEY WOULD REMAIN
STOPPED UNTIL THE TIME OF BURIAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
IF YOU TOUCH THE CORPSE IN THE CASKET YOU WILL HAVE
PLEASANT MEMORIES OF HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
SHE WAS ALWAYS TOLD BY HER MOM AND DAD THAT WHEN THEY
WERE SMALL THAT AFTER SOMEONE DIED THEY WOULD BE PUT
ON THE ROOF OF THEIR HOUSE AND STAY THERE FOR A DAY
OR SO IN ORDER THAT THE BAD SPIRITS WOULD BE TAKEN
OUT OF THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-21-1969
IT WAS CUSTOMARY TO PHOTOGRAPH THE BODY OF THE DECEASED
WHILE HE WAS LYING IN STATE IN ORDER TO REMEMBER HIM
AS HE WAS BEFORE HE DIED.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
AFTER A FUNERAL IT IS CUSTOMARY TO RETURN TO ONE OF
THE RELATIVES HOUSES AND HAVE A PARTY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
IN THE COUNTRY THERE ARE NO FUNERAL HOMES, SO THE DEAD
ARE SHOWN IN THE HOME. A COW OR PIG IS KILLED AND
ROASTED AND EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO SEE THE DEAD IS FED.
THE FEEDING IS CONTINUED FOR AS MANY DAYS AS THE DEAD
IS SHOWN. THE RICH ARE BURIED ABOVE THE GROUND IN
LARGE CEMENT COFFINS. EVERYBODY WALKS TO THE
CEMETERY, NO ONE RIDES IN CARS. AT THE END OF THE
PROCESSION IS A BAND WHICH PLAYS MOURNFUL MUSIC AND SAD
SONGS TO INDUCE SORROW IN THE MOURNERS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
ON THE WAY TO THE CEMETERY, THE HEARSE PAUSES IN FRONT
OF THE DECEASED PERSON'S HOME AS A LAST FAREWELL TO
HIS EARTHLY DWELLING.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHENEVER THERE WAS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, A
WREATH WAS PLACED ON THE FRONT DOOR OF THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-10-1970