Happy Death Club: Essays on Death, Grief & Bereavement Across Cultures by Naomi Westerman
This book encourages us to think and talk more openly, and break taboos about death.
Tibetan Rituals of Death: Buddhist Funerary Practices by Margaret Gouin
This book describes and analyses the structure and performance of Tibetan Buddhist death rituals.
The History of Death: Burial Customs and Funeral Rites, from the Ancient World to Modern Times by Michael Kerrigan
This book reveals how distinctively various cultures react to the human’s final act.
Death Across Cultures by Helaine Selin and Robert M. Rakoff
This book explores death practices and beliefs, before and after death, around the non-Western world.
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
This book investigates the world’s funerary customs and expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity.
The Secret Of The Chinchorro Mummies: The Oldest Mummies In The World -Timeline
This video talks about the earliest practice of mummification came from a tribe called the Chinchorro in South America.
Sky Burial of Tibet, the Journey to the Heavenly Realms – EBS World
This video talks about Tibetan Buddhist burial rituals.
What are people’s belief related to death and dying in different culture? – Social Matters
This video talks about death and dying around the world and explore some of the major cultural differences.
What is the Tibetan Book of the Dead? – Religion for Breakfast
This video introduces the famous ancient Buddhist scripture of the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
The Mystery of the Afterlife: How Different Cultures See Death – TRACKS travel docs
This video talks about what might happen to us after we die.
