Comments on: “Day of the Dead” http://www.coronerstories.com/2005/11/02/%e2%80%9cday-of-the-dead%e2%80%9d/ The real-life world of death investigation. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:51:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ripley http://www.coronerstories.com/2005/11/02/%e2%80%9cday-of-the-dead%e2%80%9d/#comment-623 Ripley Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:09:36 +0000 http://www.coronerstories.com/2005/11/02/%e2%80%9cday-of-the-dead%e2%80%9d/#comment-623 Excellent site and thanks for including a note of respect about the day of the dead! I most definitely agree about the cemetery visiting. It seems so hollow but then I'm one who tends to think of funerals in general as a service for the living. When I'm gone... I say plant my feet in a bucket of cement and drop me overboard. -Ripley Excellent site and thanks for including a note of respect about the day of the dead! I most definitely agree about the cemetery visiting. It seems so hollow but then I’m one who tends to think of funerals in general as a service for the living.

When I’m gone… I say plant my feet in a bucket of cement and drop me overboard.

-Ripley

]]> By: boudica of suburbia http://www.coronerstories.com/2005/11/02/%e2%80%9cday-of-the-dead%e2%80%9d/#comment-522 boudica of suburbia Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:34:23 +0000 http://www.coronerstories.com/2005/11/02/%e2%80%9cday-of-the-dead%e2%80%9d/#comment-522 I'm pretty sure there's an equivilant day in every culture. I mean, Britain has pagan traditions that are similar. Ukraine has something much the same too. xxB I’m pretty sure there’s an equivilant day in every culture. I mean, Britain has pagan traditions that are similar. Ukraine has something much the same too.

xxB

]]> By: Dawn http://www.coronerstories.com/2005/11/02/%e2%80%9cday-of-the-dead%e2%80%9d/#comment-521 Dawn Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:15:25 +0000 http://www.coronerstories.com/2005/11/02/%e2%80%9cday-of-the-dead%e2%80%9d/#comment-521 Now, thats why I tell my family to give me flowers, while I still have a nose to smell them!!!! It seems to me, that the people I personally know who have lost loved ones tend to fall into two catagories. The first, are those that have a strong belief in God, they feel that the soul goes to heaven...they seem to spend less time in a cemetary as they view the buried body as a "empty shell", they can "let go" and have faith, that they will reunite with their loved one again. The second group are those that are unsure of a God or "what lies beyond the grave" and are so emotionally wounded by the loss of a love one, that they try to cling to them. I guess too, that there is a natural "fear" about death and all that is associated with it. By having these rituals, it serves to " make light" of this and by doing so.....maybe, helps to over come that fear? As for me......you would never catch me sitting by a grave....I watched " Day of the dead" when I was 10 and saw that hand reach out from that grave and grab the leg of that girl.....YIKES!!! Dawn Now, thats why I tell my family to give me flowers, while I still have a nose to smell them!!!!

It seems to me, that the people I personally know who have lost loved ones tend to fall into two catagories.

The first, are those that have a strong belief in God, they feel that the soul goes to heaven…they seem to spend less time in a cemetary as they view the buried body as a “empty shell”, they can “let go” and have faith, that they will reunite with their loved one again.

The second group are those that are unsure of a God or “what lies beyond the grave” and are so emotionally wounded by the loss of a love one, that they try to cling to them.

I guess too, that there is a natural “fear” about death and all that is associated with it. By having these rituals, it serves to ” make light” of this and by doing so…..maybe, helps to over come that fear?

As for me……you would never catch me sitting by a grave….I watched ” Day of the dead” when I was 10 and saw that hand reach out from that grave and grab the leg of that girl…..YIKES!!!

Dawn

]]> By: Cyndee http://www.coronerstories.com/2005/11/02/%e2%80%9cday-of-the-dead%e2%80%9d/#comment-519 Cyndee Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:12:57 +0000 http://www.coronerstories.com/2005/11/02/%e2%80%9cday-of-the-dead%e2%80%9d/#comment-519 Great post. Italy has their own version called "Il Giorno dei Morti" or the Italian Memorial Day. Tradition dictates that one bake cookies, called Ossa dei Morti, the Bones of the Dead, for the occasion. <blockquote>I hadn't heard of the Italian version before, but it sounds interesting. Much more so than the American version which seems to be focused on blockbuster movie releases, large quanities of beer at the (insert body of water here), and home improvement projects. Ciao! A Douglas</blockquote> Great post. Italy has their own version called
“Il Giorno dei Morti” or the Italian Memorial Day. Tradition dictates that one bake cookies, called Ossa dei Morti, the Bones of the Dead, for the occasion.

I hadn’t heard of the Italian version before, but it sounds interesting. Much more so than the American version which seems to be focused on blockbuster movie releases, large quanities of beer at the (insert body of water here), and home improvement projects.

Ciao!
A Douglas

]]> By: Douglas http://www.coronerstories.com/2005/11/02/%e2%80%9cday-of-the-dead%e2%80%9d/#comment-517 Douglas Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:11:02 +0000 http://www.coronerstories.com/2005/11/02/%e2%80%9cday-of-the-dead%e2%80%9d/#comment-517 <em>"visiting a grave site makes as much sense as going to a library where books with blank pages have been archived"</em> Very nice. “visiting a grave site makes as much sense as going to a library where books with blank pages have been archived”

Very nice.

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