Download or read book Death Customs written by Effie Bendann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effie Bendann offers an analytical study of burial rites and associated ideas in Melanesia, Australia, Northeast Siberia and India. This book is divided in two parts. Part One looks at the similarities in rites and ideas, while Part Two examines the differences. Topics include cause of death, mourning, purification, taboos, women's connection with funeral Rites and the cult of the dead.