"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 33
... embalming and burial receptacles . Notes to an exhibition titled Sentiment , Sorrow and Sepulcher held at the Neville Public Museum of Brown County , Wisconsin indicate : " of all the great early civilizations , the funeral customs of ...
... embalming and burial receptacles . Notes to an exhibition titled Sentiment , Sorrow and Sepulcher held at the Neville Public Museum of Brown County , Wisconsin indicate : " of all the great early civilizations , the funeral customs of ...
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... embalming , their fragrance could cover some of the stench of a decaying body . " 93 This use of flowers certainly gives them a practical use , especially in the rural South , that goes beyond decoration . The number of flowers ...
... embalming , their fragrance could cover some of the stench of a decaying body . " 93 This use of flowers certainly gives them a practical use , especially in the rural South , that goes beyond decoration . The number of flowers ...
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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