Fascinating Death Rituals From Throughout History
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Death is one of the few certainties in life. Every person experiences it in some way (including their own), and very often, will take part in a ritual surrounding the end of a loved one's life.
Many similarities exist among historical death traditions, but there is no single way to grieve, express loss, or celebrate a person's life. Whether it's how a group prepares a corpse, shows continued deference and care for a deceased loved one, or honors the legacy of a fallen hero, death rituals reveal a lot about living. As a result, the end of life has been met with cultural practices and religious rites through the ages.
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3:35 According to the myth, if one's heart is lighter than the feather, through good deeds and living a just life for examples, you can move on into the afterlife worry free into paradise. However, if your heart is heavier than the feather, Ammut, a crocodile like creature, will eat it and your soul and you will cease to exist spiritually.
This came out just in time. I put my great grandmother to rest today. ❤
Wonderful that you had her in your life.
I'm all in for the sky burial. I've told my family that when I croak, just toss me in a ditch or in the woods somewhere, and leave me for the buzzards. I do not want to be pickled and sealed in a box.
Me too. Becoming part of nature again sounds much nicer than that
@Weird History you should do an episode on unique footwear from around the world, or unique record keeping of humans from ancient rock paintings to PDF’s
Absolutely! Natural burial away from plumbing, sky burial, or being burnt on a floating ship - all sound better to my mortal mind - then rotting away in a claustrophobic box in the ground. I don’t want to add to the city’s corpse water either.
Please Give us an update on Season 4 of the Timeline Series
I second the request for a progress report on Season 04
Nah
@@TheBestDogI as well.
Third request
Shout out to you nascarfan a real pillar of this community.
Can you do one on rights of passage for manhood?
I like the idea of the mushroom casket, basically a biodegradable box that provides nutrition back to the earth. Put me under a majestic tree, and I'm good to go. The underground network of fungus just stuns me. Plus, I just adore mushrooms, I tried the psychedelic kind over 20 years ago, one time, and it was a wonderful experience. Never to be tried again😂 but hell, sautéed in butter, raw on a salad, marinated in a jar...that's my jam!❤🍄
i love your channel. great job guys :)
Love this guy! Who else could make me laugh during this episode😊
A+ video!
LOVE IT! Such a unique and fascinating video!
3:40 Papa New Guinea is one of the top places I want to visit!
The tribal lifestyle there is so intriguing!
Man... even in death we gotta jump through social hoops.
I'm attracted to the idea of human composting. It takes up zero space and puts my body to good use.
2:40 sky burials are an ancient Zoroastrian tradition. There is a lot more to it than what you mentioned here though.
3:08 I love that when discussing early Egyptian mummification, this video used a photo of a heart adjacent to a statue of the Great Old One Cthulhu, which of course has nothing to do with Egypt and everything to do with Lovecraftian horror fiction.
Living in South Jersey, I would have no problems with my body being chopped up, tossed into the Pine Barrens, to be eaten by turkey vultures.
I have that same figurine and was caught off guard lol
6:18. Interesting cemetery. The crosses marked Geexecuteerd Kendari mean "executed at Kendari" in Dutch. Kendari is a place in Indonesia (formerly the Netherlands East Indies) that was held by the Japanese during WWII. A bunch of Allied soldiers were beheaded there; the war criminals were later executed by the Dutch. If you care to google "Kendari" and read the article at The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia you might find plenty of material for a Weird History video.
That's a good video and I am glad we got to enjoy it. ❣️😁
Thanks for this! ⚰
Dude is back!
When I die I want to be sent to Washington state where they do human composting to grow more trees. That way my body will help grow more trees and the trees will produce more oxygen that will benefit the entire planet. My way of giving back to mother earth.
Great video to watch while having a dinner. Thanks weird histroy. 🤢😆✌🏼
Can you make a video about the most powerful matrimony alliances (alliances through marriage) and how it changed the history.
It's not death most fear but the fear of the unknown
What an interesting video!
Oh thank God he’s back
Nice
Nice❤❤
I've got to say, of all the weird history videos I have watched this one has the best soundtrack!
Kinda morbidly funny seeing where CZcams draws the line at showing a corpse
Nice ! shout'n out the Boingo 👍
“I would never wish deaf on nobody.” - Biggie Smalls
I'd like to hear about the cultural practices of Christmas ( gift ) Shopping 🛍 and how some ( like my Mum ) leaves it to the last minute with risk of being part of the Shopping Mall crush crowd ( of shoppers ) . Like for the question to be answered : Which country / countries are the most organised with their collective Christmas ( gift ) shopping & what can we borrow from their practices of the cultural preparations of December 25th . Also might be nice to include what family activities are practiced outside of the home for those who celebrate Christmas ( Or whatever other name it might be called in other places such as in Japan and the holy land ) . Here in Australia 🇦🇺 , after swapping gifts with each-other and unwrapping them ~ we might go to the beach ⛱️ 🏊 Or to Taronga Zoo Or ( if we're unfortunate ) have to pack up the car to escape our home that's under threat of a bushfire ( known as a wildfire in America/Canada ) . ♑️✍️🇳🇴
Some towns here in the Philippines perform a similar “smoking” mummification ritual and wash the statue of the Dead Christ every Good Friday night. He is basically accorded a traditional funeral until we celebrate His glorious Resurrection at Easter/Pascha.
That pile of clothes in my corner finally was faced and conquered today.
🥹 my country was mentioned! Can you do more Philippines. We have a really interesting history especially before colonialism that many people were able to preserve low key in other islands. And we have so many sub cultures. We still have the oldest traditional tribal tattooist in the world and at 104 yrs old, she's still tattooing. We were called the painted ones by the Spaniards before
gusto nyang humakot ng maraming viewers pa 😂
2:20 was not expecting that 😅
4:58 I am a big fan of the Oingo Boingo film The Forbidden Zone (1980), which is like an underground musical.
It is probably the most unusual film most people have ever seen.
9:46 I remember A Pup Named Scooby Doo episode where the villian was a live Totem Pole, it was called "Totem Spirit."
You've been dying to do this one.......very funny
0:04 The funeral director in my hometown is named Al Hitchcock (no joke).
Thank God it's this narrator
1:15 Beautiful display, that would win a purple ribbon at the county fair!
Reminds me of Olive Garden!
2:47 "Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the dead, was believed to have been the first mummified being." (Birmingham University).
"Osiris, known as the 5th zodiac sign, takes place March 1-10, November 27 - December 18." (Pyramid Island)
2:12 Reminds me of the classic Western "MacKenna's Gold" (1969).
The theme song of the film is "Old Turkey Buzzard" by José Feliciano.
0:01 Reminds me of the music video "Stop Desire" by Teagan and Sara
That is one beautiful and cool washing machine!
cray. thank you
When are you doing a complete takeover of Weird History Food??? 😄 Hopefully that is our Christmas gift!
No one else noticed the image of Otzi the Iceman being used during the ancient Egypt photos??? Just me? 😑😑
I noticed that too... glad I came back 6 hours later to see this comment... thanks!
the only voice for me
That last one was like oh myyyy...
1:14 Those look like a type of pear, we can pears!
There are a couple of pear trees nearby that we use for canning.
I hope to can Bartlett pears some day.
0:46 I was a skeleton for a halloween costume in elementary school, we made the costume ourselves!.
We put glow-in-the-dark cream on the bone pieces so it would look cool once it turned dark!
Phoebe Bridgers (Boygenius) wears the skeleton costume for concerts and it's the unofficial outfit of the Bones Coffee girl.
“Yeah, he’s dead” -the dog, presumably
This one, for one like me, who enjoys the darker side of life, it was masterful, with a bit of humour tossed in for good measure. The viking one sounds good except I don't need the company. Thank you!
3:06 That is such a fun game!
I hope it gets into the Toy Hall of Fame.
0:04 There are a lot of funerals when watching the Spider-Man Five (the first five recent Spider-Man films).
Four or the five films have funerals in them.
When I go I want my friends to roll me up and smoke me
Theres not gonna be sky burial rituals much longer considering the proper vultures that are now critically endangered n not around as often to pick the bones clean!
What about birth rituals?
I second that one.
1:20 We canned tomatoes, we eat those all the time!
We canned salsa, tomato soup, cocktail sauce, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, etc.
So many references to dead bodies and eating was sorta disturbing, lol...
That dog inspection is known as a Lab report 😂
Ha good one 😂😂😂
So what happens if no one volunteered for the Viking thing?
Since I have seen the first thumbnail recommendation recently, I will watch:
x A Day In The Life Of An Egyptian Embalmer (second thumbnail recommendation)
x Pressing | History's Most Painful Death
x True Story Behind 'Open Water'
x The Story of the Deadliest Shark Attack in US History
Look into NDE's
Near death experiences tend to have a very similar situation
I saw a documentary about 'sky burials' in the Himalayas.
The guy whose job it was to cut the body up and feed it to the vultures got very drunk before he started.
Yano Mami really cool despite cannibalism 👍I studied cultural anthropology
how about weird history of the weird history channel
Considering the topic of this video and Taylor Swift's speech for Time's Person Of The Year, I am going to watch the film Gladiator (2000) today.
7:17 HAL!
0:36 That should be a halloween costume!
@1:17 that's an ominous stock photo
Tom Blank... The one, and only, narrator.
What about Circumcision and genital mutilation?
I second that.
I’ve never understood why “professional mourners” were/are a thing
7:32 Taylor Swift's father is a stockbroker.
….some of those where different and unique…but the whole being eaten by birds thing….yea I can pass on that one
Yeah....Further Proof that People are & have always been F...in' Weird!
If I'm gonna die, I want to die remaining handsome before being cremated.
Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal! - This one which also celebrates Taylor Swift as Time's Person Of The Year!
Eating SPAGHETTIOS* (with basil, parmesan, and melted KRAFT SINGLES^ on top) and drinking WILD CHERRY CAPRI SUN/...while watching this Weird History video!
* From the Weird History Food video "Fun Facts About Your Favorite 90s Foods"
^ From the Weird History Food video "How Mac And Cheese Became an All-American Dish"
/ From the Weird History Food video "Facts About ‘90s Lunch Box Items That Make Us Kinda Miss School"
Omg I’ve never been so early!! I know no one else cares but I’m pretty thrilled lol (w 65 likes and I’m the 5th comment)
Smoking your deceased like a rack of ribs is out there.
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How about a video of the African ritual of necklacing?
In a reference to many other Weird History videos...after receiving Time's Person of the Year, Taylor Swift says:
“Ultimately, we can convolute it all we want, or try to overcomplicate it, but there’s only one question.” Here, she adopts a booming voice. “Are you not entertained?” (TIME magazine)
I want to be pickled.
Salted and spiced as well, right? Sounds flavourful?
I want to be buried at sea so I can feed the giant isopods.
Can you do an episode of the most boring people. Maybe I'll get in the ep.
Hol' Up, let The Ibaloi cook.
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve it through not dying." --Woody Allen
Trust me Soon Yi, I'm your daddy... Woody Allen
Um that Viking story… 😂
Sky burial!
I mean people are literally doing drag shows for children I think a video game that says it's not 4 children on the box. It's not that big of a deal I do believe parents need to do a better job of monitoring their childrens activities That being said I can't wait for this game to come out
Meh
Nutty history here I come
These horrible jokes make me want to just watch the other history Channels