Greem (Graeme. Not Graham!)RE: https://cyberplace.social/@greem/116685745054787657
It's funeral day today. It's going to hurt.
earthlingBusra al-Harir, Syria
Four members of the al-Hariri family are buried at a cemetery after being killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.
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Tim RichardsHad some observations about funerals, arising from yesterday's ceremony. I hadn't really been involved in planning one before, so it was interesting to see how it works.
Because wedding dates can be set well in advance and funeral dates generally can't, funeral directors have to be nimble and have blocks of procedure ready for deployment, to be tailored as per the grieving family's wishes.
Thus funerals tend to be simpler and more similar than weddings; which is not a bad thing really, as ritual is helpful at difficult times.
Interestingly, the celebrant we hired only does funerals, not weddings.
I said "What, are weddings not gloomy enough for you?" But she pointed out that wedding planning is elaborate and goes on forever, whereas funerals tend to have short warning and be fairly simple. Also, understandably, wedding celebrants need additional certification from the state.
All very interesting, how we as a society arrange our rituals. I think if you had the patience for it, the funeral business could be a very rewarding job emotionally - helping grieving families through their a difficult time via tailored ritual.
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Mathrubhumi EnglishSupriya slammed the media culture using strong words, stating that "a collection of cameras and mikes were jostling to get the final goodbye in close up, like vultures flying closer & closer to their prey.” https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/supriya-menon-slams-media-chaos-salim-kumar-funeral-q2i599a2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MediaCulture #OnlineMedia #Funeral #SalimKumar #ChanduSalimKumar
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A mourner leans over a coffin at the funeral of dentist James George Karam and his children, Theodosia and Tony, who were killed in an Israeli strike, in Qlayaa, Lebanon June 3.
David BolesWhat the Lemmings Could Not Do: On Suicide, Cognition, and the Mortal Imagination
Of all the acts a human being can perform, suicide is the strangest. It requires the actor to picture a world without itself, judge that world preferable, and execute a plan whose author will not survive to see the result. No other behavior in the human repertoire so cleanly inverts the survival logic that built every body and every brain. The question of whether other animals do the same thing is a question about cognition. The behavior is downstream of cognition, and beneath cognition runs the question of meaning. To kill oneself one must first have the kind of self that can be killed by its owner. […]
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