Karina And The Death Of Mourning In Ajeet's Death

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Karina is from Georgia and is African American. Her mother has died, her family and friends mourn the loss by wearing black. Karina and those around her are open about their grief. At the funeral for Karina’s mother the body is viewed at the house that she grew up in. The body is then moved to the church where more family, friends, and the community have a service for the deceased. After the service the body is transported to a cemetery where the mourners hold a burial service at which favorite belongings of the deceased are placed in the casket before being put into the ground. Just like the European Americans that practice the Christian faith Karina and her family wear black as a way to mourn their loved ones. They also have a ceremony in …show more content…

Both he and his wife are immigrants from India to the United States. Mourning in Ajeet’s family is a way that they let the soul know that it should leave and say goodbye to the family. When Ajeet’s wife died her body was taken to be bathed and redressed in new clothes to be cremated in. The cremation was done before the next sunrise, in Ajeet religion this act is seen as a way to make sure that the soul transitions into the next world. Ajeet and his family for ten days conduct rituals, and on the eleventh day Ajeet’s wife leaves earth. Ajeet then scattered his wife’s ashes into a river with flowers. Some European Americans that are in the Christian faith may also cremate a deceased loved one like Ajeet did, they may also spread the ashes in a place that has significance to the deceased. I believe that all those that mourn the deaths of people in their lives experience fulfillment in death. This is because I believe that mourning is just a way for the living to let go of some of the sorrow they feel about the deceased. I do not believe that there is one that is better than another; everyone deals with things differently and by being with others that may share the same ideas that you do could …show more content…

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