Rituals for Personal and Family Healing Despacho The despacho is a ceremonial form shared by Quechua-speaking peoples of the Andes that can be adapted for various ritual intentions. This ancestor-focused despacho made in Nederland, Colorado, made use of aspen for kintus (leaves used to carry participants’ prayers). West African Mediums Known as egúngún in Yorùbá-speaking West Africa and neighboring cultures, ancestor mediums must be covered from head to toe. They provide one way for the dead to continue to relate in the affairs of the living. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) The Mexican holiday of Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead combines pre-Christian traditions of ancestor reverence with the Catholic holiday of All Saint’s Day and may include establishing an ancestor altar, making offerings, and visiting the graves of loved ones. Sedlec Ossuary Sedlec Ossuary near the town of Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, houses the remains of forty thousand to seventy thousand people. Common where burial places are scarce, some ossuaries were established in Europe to address the many thousands of unidentified dead on the battlefields of World War I.
✔ Author(s): Daniel Foor
✔ Title: Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing
✔ Rating : 4.8 out of 5 base on (550 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1591432693
✔ Language: English
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