Keening the Dead: Ancient History or a Ritual for Today?

In his 1909 work 'Rites De Passage', Arnold van Gennep acknowledges that a ritual often contains 'rites within rites'. So, it was with the ancient ritual of the Irish wake, at the center of which was another ritual, that of the keen, the Irish funeral lament. The past tense is us...

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Main Author: Mc Laughlin, Mary (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-15
Further subjects:B keen
B Chant
B wake
B Tradition
B Ireland
B Custom
B History
B Culture
B Funeral
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