It is important to allow each inhabitant of this country to do whatever he or she feels is necessary to ensure that 'his' or ‘her’ death is a good one.... We are citizens of a culture: beyond our individual ideas,…
The forests of memories, an alternative to cemeteries and ash dispersal Nowadays, funeral rites are undergoing rapid change: some traditions are being abandoned because they are now meaningless or seem to come from another era. In this way, new rituals…
Not eating during the day, it's not difficult," he begins once the waitress leaves. But fasting in Geneva is painful. In this society of over-consumption and exacerbated hedonism, we are constantly at odds. Himself a hedonist the rest of the…
O cemitério não é mais a única e “ultima morada”. Dispersão de cinzas na natureza, em uma casa de férias, enterro da urna em uma floresta ou mesmo transformar as cinzas em diamante: a lista de possibilidades parece infinita. Essa…
Shaking hands, celebrating the departure of a colleague around a glass of wine, reading a story to your children in the evening... these gestures and events are at first sight insignificant, compared to ceremonies such as funerals or weddings. Are…
