Pima County Public Library: 3 Reads On Festivals That Honor The Dead

Press release from the Pima County Public Library:

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October 14, 2021

In ancient times, people were in the dark about a lot of things. How many bones are in the human body, for instance. They understood basics, like bones being structurally necessary, and their count wasn’t too far off, but they had a lot to learn. Just like we do today, they studied bones for scientific and medical reasons and honored them for emotional and cultural reasons. Read more in this article from Time.

Found in: MasterFile Complete

Interesting article about Samhain, the ancient Celtic New Year, which is the origin of our Halloween. It was an ancient Celtic festival with its own traditions and thoughts about darkness and fear.

Found in: General OneFile

(The Obon Festival and the Day of the Dead: Opportunities for the Mexican Cultural Diplomacy)

I’m going to make a guess here and say you didn’t know that our E-Library tools have articles in Spanish. Well, they do! This article is from Revista Confines, an journal from Mexico. My own personal interest in Japan (Japanese was my undergraduate major) prompted me to pick this article to share. To me, both Obon and El Día de los Muertos is much more interesting and moving than Halloween, which feels commercial and gimmicky to me. 

Found in: Gale Academic OneFile

Our E-Library is a collection of online resources you can use anytime for free with your library card. To help you see the kinds of information you can access in the E-Library, we offer just a taste of what you can find in the E-Library in these 3 articles, selected from our online resources.

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This press release was produced by the Pima County Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.