STORY OF END OF LIFE IN GOD'S LAND BURIAL AND CONDOLENCE CEREMONIES IN GEORGIA
TANRI'NIN TOPRAKLARINDA YAŞAMIN BİTİŞİNİN ÖYKÜSÜ GÜRCİSTAN'DA DEFİN VE TAZİYE MERASİMLERİ

Author : Hatice KARAKUŞ
Number of pages : 482-501

Abstract

Power of the dead to influence those left behind has given life to various funerals throughout human history. Human beings are aware that their existence will end some day somewhere, and funerals are their efforts to reconcile with this fact. We can assess funerals in Georgia in line with this consideration. In this study, place of funerals within the meaning of culture and everyday life will be discussed. The aim of the study is to reveal social patterns of funeral rituals in Georgia. As in all universal religions, the soul is believed to be present in another realm after death in Georgian culture. This belief has led to many socio-cultural and religious organizations. This organization scheme is shaped according to social reality of i

Keywords

Wine, Tamada, Crying in sequence, Drinking a toast, Organizer.

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