This reminded me of something. When I was in college, I was forced to buy several incompetently-written textbooks. One of them was on death and dying. A chapter on funerary customs had in the first paragraph the observation that in most societies, when a person dies, they are removed from their home.
What’s wrong with that? In some cultures, when someone died, they were prepared and then buried under the floor boards. In others, relatives were mummified and kept on display for years.
This reminded me of something. When I was in college, I was forced to buy several incompetently-written textbooks. One of them was on death and dying. A chapter on funerary customs had in the first paragraph the observation that in most societies, when a person dies, they are removed from their home.
Most nonfiction books I have read would have been better written if they were ¼ the amount of words
Brevity is a sign of good writing.
What’s wrong with that? In some cultures, when someone died, they were prepared and then buried under the floor boards. In others, relatives were mummified and kept on display for years.
I’m curious which societies are not part of “most”
Sometimes it’s temporary - they cremate you and bring you back in a bit more compact form factor.
Now that’s progress / moving things forward!
Ireland. I don’t know specifics, but I heard about it.