No One Cries for the Dead
Subtitle: Tamil Dirges, Rowdy Songs, and Graveyard Petitions
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780520243132
Subjects: Customs; Sociology; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Death & Dying; Tamil (Indic people); Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; India; General; Anthropology - General; Customs & Traditions; Social Science / Anthropology / General; South Arcot; Dirges; Funeral customs and rites; History and criticism
First sentence: No village sound is more disturbing than the shrill cries announcing a death.