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THE<br />
MORTUARY<br />
WHAT DOES<br />
HUMAN DIGNITY<br />
MEAN BEYOND<br />
DEATH?<br />
The corpse is not a neutral object. On the contrary, people<br />
all over the world have a desire to honour the deceased<br />
through rites of passage and burial. The way a society<br />
treats its deceased says something about its appreciation<br />
of every part of its community. Maintaining dignity is an<br />
elementary need not only in life, but also in death. What<br />
happens to the body after death? What does dignified care<br />
of a corpse mean?
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