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Memento Mori Author: Paul Koudounaris

ISBN: 9780500517789 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 216 Published: 1 March 2015 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 34.0 x 23.1 x 2.4 Description: Memento Mori takes the reader on a ghoulish but beautiful tour of some of the world's more unusual sacred sites and traditions, in which human remains are displayed for the benefit of the living. From burial caves in Indonesia festooned with bones, to skulls smoking cigarettes, wearing beanie hats and sunglasses, and decorated with garlands of flowers in South America, Paul Koudounaris ventures beyond the grave to find messages of hope and salvation.

His glorious colour photographs and informed commentaries reveal that in many places, the realms of the living and the dead are nowhere near so distinct as contemporary Western society would have us believe. Koudounaris's previous books, The Empire of Death and Heavenly Bodies, focused primarily on European and Catholic traditions, whereas this book goes global and takes in a variety of belief systems, including Buddhism and local religious cults. Covers contemporary practices and events - such as the Bolivian festival of the 'little pug-nosed ones' (human skulls) - and memorials to recent genocides as well as historical examples.

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