Inverse funeral rite. Therapy and values

Abstract

The funeral rite has a clear therapeutic component for the people who perform it, but when death is announced, the person who is going to die can perform what I have called a "reverse funeral rite." In this rite would produce a double therapeutic action: First for their loved ones helping them to overcome their loss and second for the individual himself to be able to face his own death. What may be the possible origin of this rite and the influence of culture and personal and community values on it.

Keywords

• Muerte
• Rito funerario
• Cultura
• Valores.