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 2 (Gleiniger)

This entry was posted on 1. 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 wish to have a burial, and to have a grave that my children may go to in order to commemorate me.»

Mukhabbat Kamalova, Karakalpakistan

«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

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

Veton Rruka, Kosova

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