Empty Night: Kashubian “Home Liturgy” in the Context of Death

Based on ethnographic field research and thanatological literature, this article analyzes the continuing, but rapidly disappearing, Kashubian custom of bidding farewell to a deceased member of the local community known as “empty night”. Its essence is the night prayer vigil in the house of the decea...

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Main Author: Perszon, Jan 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2021]
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 2
Further subjects:B Kashubia
B Death
B Folk
B Religiosity
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