![]() ![]() In La Paz, she meets Bolivian natitas (cigarette-smoking, wish-granting human skulls), and in Tokyo she encounters the Japanese kotsuage ceremony, in which relatives use chopsticks to pluck their loved-ones' bones from cremation ashes. In rural Indonesia, she watches a man clean and dress his grandfather's mummified body, which has resided in the family home for two years. From Here to Eternity is an immersive global journey that introduces compelling, powerful rituals almost entirely unknown in America. ![]() "Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for the dead.Describes death customs and rituals from around the world, exploring how they compare to the impersonal American system and how mourners respond best when they participate in caring for the deceased. ![]()
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