 | Anthropology - 1886 - 574 pages
...another authority, a Hindoo family is not allowed to eat so long as a corpse is in the house.7 In Corea during the first day of mourning no food is eaten by the family mourners ; sons and grandsons of the deceased eat nothing for three, less near relations for two, days." During the... | |
 | Anthropology - 1886 - 804 pages
...another authority, a Hindoo family is not allowed to eat so long as a corpse is in the house.7 In Corea during the first day of mourning no food is eaten by the family mourners ; sons and grandsons of the deceased eat nothing for three, less near relations for two, days.8 During the... | |
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In India a son is allowed only one meal a day during the mourning for his father; a Brahman must continue this fasting for ten days.6 According to another authority, a Hindoo family is not allowed to eat so long as a corpse is in the house.7 In Corea... 