[PDF.19rx] Burning Women: A Global History of Widow-Sacrifice from Ancient Times to the Present

"Following into death" is an ancient and widespread custom which entails one or more people - voluntarily or involuntarily - following a dead man or woman into death. The event is ritualized as a public act. The decisive feature is not the manner of dying but the intent, which is to accompany a dead person into the hereafter. Burning Women explores how this custom - of which the Indian Hindu custom of sati, or widow burning, is the best known example - h...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Burning Women: A Global History of Widow-Sacrifice from Ancient Times to the Present   |  Joerg Fisch.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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