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Grief is the response to the loss of something deemed important, particularly to the death of a person or animal to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, grief also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions.
In 1993, the Spanish-born Queen Fabiola introduced it in Belgium for the funeral of her husband, King Baudouin. The custom for the queens of France to wear deuil blanc ("white mourning") was the origin of the white wardrobe created in 1938 by Norman Hartnell for Queen Elizabeth (later known as the Queen Mother).
The word coco is used in colloquial speech to refer to the human head in Spanish. [3] Coco also means " skull ". [ 4 ] The words cocuruto in Portuguese and cocorota in Spanish both means "the crown of the head" or "the highest place" [ 5 ] and with the same etymology in Galicia, crouca means "head", [ 6 ] from proto-Celtic *krowkā- , [ 7 ...
Attending grief counseling and bereavement support groups can help with processing grief and aid in coming to a place of acceptance. Chait says grief may not shrink over time, but the goal is to ...
The death wail is a keening, mourning lament, generally performed in ritual fashion soon after the death of a member of a family or tribe.Examples of death wails have been found in numerous societies, including among the Celts of Europe; and various indigenous peoples of Asia, the Americas, Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, whose father is a Galician, speaks of saudade in his song "Un Canto a Galicia" (which roughly translates as "a song/chant for Galicia"). In the song, he passionately uses the phrase to describe a deep and sad longing for his motherland, Galicia.
Many families identify with the phrase “rainbow baby” because their subsequent pregnancy represents hope after grief. It can also be a way of honoring a child who is no longer living but an ...
A curandero (Spanish: [kuɾanˈdeɾo], "healer"; f. curandera, also spelled curandeiro, Portuguese: [kuɾɐ̃ˈdejɾu], f. curandeira) is a traditional native healer or shaman found primarily in Latin America and also in the United States. [1]