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... > social science subjects > sociology > aging and the life course > death and dying > death in culture > death rituals and ceremonies > funeral music
... > social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > death and dying > death in culture > death rituals and ceremonies > funeral music
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > death and dying > death in culture > death rituals and ceremonies > funeral music
... > social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling > human development and life transitions > death and dying > death in culture > death rituals and ceremonies > funeral music

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funeral music  

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  • Associating various kinds of performing arts to the most important events occurring in people's lives is a common feature of human culture. Prayer staging, singing, and dancing are commonly met at solemn occasions such as births, initiation rites, marriages, and funerals, as well as more specific rites of passage as, for example, ordination in some churches. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Funeral Music]

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