Why is death feared and marked with alot of sorrow unlike other rites?

      

Why is death feared and marked with alot of sorrow unlike other rites?

  

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Eric
1 It is unavoidable. That is one cannot escape it
2 It brings impurity to the family and thus several rites are observed after death
3 It deprives the family and the community of the individual.
4 It disrupts normal human activities.
5 It comes unannounced. It does not give warning.
6 It separates one from the loved ones.
7 Nobody knows what happens after life on earth here.
8 It brings poverty to the family involved as sometimes it takes the bread winner
9 At times it brings misunderstanding in the community when the cause of death is blamed on
someone or some people.

ericmunguti answered the question on September 26, 2018 at 07:23


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