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... > social science subjects > sociology > aging and the life course > death and dying > death in culture > death rituals and ceremonies > wakes and visitation
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... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > death and dying > death in culture > death rituals and ceremonies > wakes and visitation
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wakes and visitation  

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  • The wake is a watch kept by the living over a deceased person before burial takes place. Formerly held as a matter of course when a death occurred, the wake has become a thing of the past in many Western societies in the course of the last half a century, while in others it has been transformed into a family-centered, semiprivate event. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Wakes and Visitation]

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