Episode 26: Morbid Sadness Meets Superstitious Madness

This week Kyna & Natalee take on Funeral Customs. Nat starts it off morbid as hell but hang in there because Kyna comes in with funny with some Victorian superstitions. Finally, Nat closes out the episode with a more heart-warming custom from China. 

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Sources:

Kyna

• http://www.quilthistory.com/VMC.htm
• http://victorian-era.org/victorian-era-burial.html
• http://victorian-era.org/victorian-era-burial.html
• https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/13-fascinating-victorian-funeral-customs/
• https://crossref-it.info/articles/433/death-and-mourning-in-the-victorian-era
• https://phaneuf.net/blog/mourning-in-the-victorian-era
• https://listverse.com/2013/02/07/10-fascinating-death-facts-from-the-victorian-era/
• https://thepenningtonedition.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/victorian-superstitions-why-death-was-so-important/
• https://crystalcaudillwrites.com/2016/10/20/tbt-victorian-death-superstitions/

Nat

• https://www.thoughtco.com/chinese-funeral-traditions-687456
• http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/b/burial-customs-china/?fbclid=IwAR0Ce378nuSMeBDTaOipigy_MxNCfKMIxq2nKWSe5fvyJ6vECsqhP-Fufks
• https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/the-dark-history-behind-sati-a-banned-funeral-custom-in-india/?fbclid=IwAR17ydx4uCDdjSYcyFPHYSMI2QlzA0j4SGaOesqI_7xJKW1t-oXZATVknRI