In most cultures around the world, the saying "death is not the end" is used frequently. While some countries and cultures prefer a traditional ceremony, with loved ones gathered together in a sombre ...

There are several Ojibwe traditions I was taught concerning funerals and death. For instance, when I was growing up and somebody died, my mother would crinkle up a little strip of birch bark like an ...

In the lobby of the Samsung Hospital Funeral Center in Seoul, clusters of mourners dressed in black confer solemnly -- a common sight in mortuaries everywhere. But Samsung is one of South Korea's ...