Guide to Death Grief and Rebirth

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 - 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 (𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗲) 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹.

Divided into four key chapters: Celebrating, Commemorating, Mourning, and Offering, readers will discover resting places, burials, rituals, and symbols that have been associated with death throughout time.

Inside Lonely Planet’s Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth:

- Over 35 incredible customs from cultures and communities across the planet that explore our beliefs and traditions surrounding death, grief, and rebirth

- Special in-depth featuresexamine elements of death in greater detail including: festivals and celebrations; remarkable catacombs; symbols of death and rebirth; the world’s most impressive tombs

- Insightful first-person accounts and essays from locals discussing their relationship and experiences with death

- Vibrant illustrations and photography explain the customs and rituals in a gracious manner

- Themes and events featured within the book: Jazz funerals (New Orleans); Turning of the bones (Madagascar); Burial beads (South Korea); Fantasy coffins (Ghana); Lakota soul keepers (USA); Islamic funeral customs; death wailing; the people paid to weep; Swedish death cleaning; Green burials; and more