Questions About Death

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The intercultural survey Questionnaire about Death and Dying examines how differently cultures and denominations handle one of their biggest challenge: dealing with death and dying. The Questionnaire aims at corresponding attitudes and habits, desires and fears. Answers come from Angola, Germany, India, Karakalpakistan, Kosovo, and Mexico.
  • Veton Rruka
  • Rafael Hernández Espinosa
  • Rajneesh Yadav
  • Andrea Gleiniger
  • Mukhabbat Kamalova
  • Domingos João Pedro Bernardo

Answer 11 (Bernardo)

This entry was posted on 8. December 2014 by Katharina Nill.

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«When someone dies, we also learn that we ourselves are mortal – and we reflect on the fact that we might die next.»

Domingos João Pedro Bernardo, Angola

«I have seen some dead people throughout my life. I do not know exactly how many, but probably more than 20, including relatives, injured people on the street or even theft victims murdered.»

Rafael Hernández Espinosa, Mexico

«I recall to have read that it is alarming if a person mourns longer than a certain amount of weeks. What a madness, what a callousness it is to pathologise grief!»

Andrea Gleiniger, Switzerland / Germany

«I wish to have a burial, and to have a grave that my children may go to in order to commemorate me.»

Mukhabbat Kamalova, Karakalpakistan

«I would like to die an easy death, without pain and sorrow, particularly in my homeland, close to my family.»

Veton Rruka, Kosova

«In general, the loss of a parent is a very, very big loss for a person as far as I think and it is a kind of shock. It takes a very long time for a person to return to a normal life and get out of grief and mourning.»

Rajneesh Yadav, India

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