Two-stage burial ritualism
in traditional societies as a historicalcultural
problem (an example of Japan,
Okinawa, China and other cultures
of the Asian-Pacific Region).


	History magazine - researches Reference: Baksheev, E.S. Two-stage burial ritualism in traditional societies as a historicalcultural problem (an example of Japan, Okinawa, China and other cultures of the Asian-Pacific Region). // History magazine - researches. 2011. № 1. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=58003 Baksheev, E.S. Two-stage burial ritualism in traditional societies as a historicalcultural problem (an example of Japan, Okinawa, China and other cultures of the Asian-Pacific Region). Abstract: The article explains the concept of “two-stage burial ritualism”; based on the example of Japan, Okinawa, China and other cultures of the Asian-Pacific Region the phenomenon of such ritual in traditional societies is considered as the historical-cultural problem. It is shown that in these societies, body and its remains are manipulated in a two-stage process of funeral rites, a symbol of their cultural systems. Keywords: history, two-stage burial ritualism, traditional societies, Japan, Okinawa, China, Asia-Pacific Region, body, ancestors, deities This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format by registered users. Click this link to register or login.

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