mortuary rites

См. также в других словарях:

• mortuary temple — ▪ Egyptian temple       in ancient Egypt, place of worship of a deceased king and the depository for food and objects offered to the dead monarch. In the Old and Middle Kingdoms (c. 2575–c. 2130 BC; and 1938–c. 1600? BC) the mortuary temple… …   Universalium

• death rite — ▪ anthropology Introduction       any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed at the time of death and burial.       Throughout history and in every human society, the disposal of the dead has been given special significance. The practice was… …   Universalium

• Native American dance — Introduction also called  Indian dance  or  American Indian dance   the dance of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Americas, often called American Indians.       The treatment of Native American dance in this article is meant to focus first on… …   Universalium

• Melanesian culture — ▪ cultural region, Pacific Ocean Introduction  the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of the ethnogeographic group of Pacific Islands known as Melanesia. From northwest to southeast, the islands form an arc that begins with New… …   Universalium

• funeral — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. obsequies; burial, interment, entombment. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Rites for the dead] Syn. burial, interment, last rites, obsequies, memorial service, burial ceremony, sepulture, entombment, mortuary… …   English dictionary for students

• Introduction —     The history of ancient Egypt extends from c.3100 BC down to c.AD 600, although during the later period it had become part of the Roman Empire. Prior to the unification of the country in c.3100 BC, there were perhaps two thousand years when… …   Ancient Egypt

• Kato (tribe) — The Kato was a group of Native Americans in the United States. Kato is a Pomo word, meaning lake , and may have referred to an important Cahto village site, which the Kato tribe themselves called Djilbi . Kato is one of the five sub dialects of… …   Wikipedia

• incense — incense1 /in sens/, n., v., incensed, incensing. n. 1. an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc. 2. the perfume or smoke arising from such a substance when burned …   Universalium

• Weaving — Weaver (occupation) redirects here. This article is about textile weaving. For other uses, see Weaving (disambiguation). Warp and weft in plain weaving Weaving is a method of fabric production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are… …   Wikipedia

• Ginadoiks — The Ginadoiks (sometimes called Gitnadoiks) are one of the 14 tribes of the Tsimshian nation in British Columbia, Canada, and one of the nine of those tribes making up the Nine Tribes of the lower Skeena River resident at Lax Kw alaams (a.k.a.… …   Wikipedia

• Australian copyright law — emerged from British and colonial models of the early 20th Century. It reflects international standards found in the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, other multilateral treaties, and more recently, the U.S.… …   Wikipedia