马达加斯加人的“笑葬”

• 作 者: 王侃
• 出 处: 世界知识
• 发表日期: 1993年20期
• 关键词: 马达加斯加人 必然规律 形式因 眷恋之情 亲戚朋友 死者家属 纪念活动 数日 七天七夜 生者

生、长、壮、老、亡是生命发展变化的必然规律。世界各地的人们对死亡怀有神秘感,对葬礼很重视。世界各民族的葬礼形式因文化传统、生活习俗不同而各异,仅在非洲就有笑葬、洞葬、天葬等多种形式。我在马达加斯加工作时,看到过他们的“笑葬”。马达加斯加人对老年人特别尊重。他们认为一个人的年岁越大,智慧也就越多。

Health, long, strong, old, death is the inevitable law of the development of life. People around the world are mysterious to death and attach great importance to the funeral. Funeral forms of all ethnic groups in the world vary according to their cultural traditions and customs. There are many forms of funeral, burial and celestial burial in Africa alone. When I was working in Madagascar, I saw their “grin.” Malagasy special respect for the elderly. They think that the older a person is, the more wisdom there is.