"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... dance at homegoing services because these expressions allow them to celebrate the loved one's life and passing . In Feasts and Celebrations Sybil Kein notes that , “ a funeral is less a cause for sadness than an occasion for celebration ...
... dance at homegoing services because these expressions allow them to celebrate the loved one's life and passing . In Feasts and Celebrations Sybil Kein notes that , “ a funeral is less a cause for sadness than an occasion for celebration ...
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... dances of the West Indian Voodoo religion , chiefly the Banda , a sexually motivated dance used to symbolize the act of rebirth . " 153 This dance , Kein citing Ahye ( 1978 ) writes , “ originates in West Africa where death is not ...
... dances of the West Indian Voodoo religion , chiefly the Banda , a sexually motivated dance used to symbolize the act of rebirth . " 153 This dance , Kein citing Ahye ( 1978 ) writes , “ originates in West Africa where death is not ...
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... dance and spoken words . They incorporate these things in their homegoing services in order to have a positive experience with death . As society continues to change , one thing is assured for all and that is death . For some Christian ...
... dance and spoken words . They incorporate these things in their homegoing services in order to have a positive experience with death . As society continues to change , one thing is assured for all and that is death . For some Christian ...
Common terms and phrases
According African American funeral African American homegoing African and African African worldview theology American homegoing celebrations American homegoing services American homegoing traditions Annie Mae Johnson Anthony Heilbut attire belief system bereavement Biblical Black Church Black preacher Brown County burial casket ceremony Charles Durant Christian African Americans Coevolution Quarterly color continuity of African Cornel West Crissman cultural continuity cultural practices deceased demonstrative expression display dress Elaine Nichols emotions enslaved Africans Eric Lincoln eulogy Euro-American European family and friends family members Felder final funeral home Funeral Traditions Gospel music grandmother grandmother's hair wreaths Heaven honor Jindra John Mbiti living loved Masamba and Kalish Mbiti writes Mother Evans mourners mourning Orleans Jazz Funerals performative elements Precious Lord presence of family processional religion represented ritual Ron Brown singing Sis Fannie Sis Fannie's slavery song South Carolina spiritual spoken word survivors Sybil Kein Take My Hand wake Washington West African wore Yoruba