INGLÉS – TERCERCERO MEDIOPRUEBA SOLEMNE, TEMA: TABÚ

2015

Hecho por: Yawahoo, Camila Valenzuela & Sebastián Rojas

Subido por Yawahoo

Agradecimientos: profesora Solange Gutiérrez

Introduction

To begin with, the meaning of taboo is “forbidden, not talked about” it is

something that is not mentioned, generally it makes people uncomfortable

when they talk about it.

Death is a taboo. A conversation about death is not comfortable, and it’s worse

when it is necessary to talk about with a child. Even more taboo is to talk about

one’s preparation for death, for something that is imminent.

Death is the end of the party, the end of the life.

In occident, we associate death with skulls, because that’s the part of the body

that remain longer. Normally, the skin and other tissues decay before the bones,

leaving the skeleton exposed. The bones has become a symbol of death.

Nobody is sure of what happens after dying, so people have to confront

something mysterious and unknown, and that’s why some persons are afraid of

death.

Death

Hanging coffins

In Philippines, the deads are hanged in their coffins, on a wall, on a cliff. Their

family believe that by this way, they are closer to Heaven.

In China, this way to place the deads, also gave protection from animals and

beasts.

Mummies

A mummy is a dead body, human or

animal that, by chemicals and the

extraction of the organs, is able to be

in good condition of preservation a

long time after death.

The process of mummification has been

used around the world as way to

memorialize, immortalize, and as religious

offerings.

The oldest intentionally prepared mummy

known to date are the Chinchorro mummies,

which were found in the Camarones Valley,

in Chile.

Cremation

Cremation is the combustion, vaporization and oxidation of dead bodies to basic

chemical compounds, such as gases, ashes and mineral fragments retaining the

appearance of dry bone.

In the north of India, people burn and throw their deads in the Ganges river.

Even though the water is way too polluted, Hindus believe that the river is

sacred, and it can clean the sins of the soul, and, when dying, it frees of the cycle

of reincarnation.

The day of the deads

The Día de Los Muertos is a celebration of the

death, from october 31st to november 2nd, in

Mexico. These days are designed by the

Catholic Church, to celebrate the memory of

All Hallows and of the Dead Faithfuls. This

holiday coincides with Halloween.

This is a special holiday, popular around the

world, because this is a happy and colorful

celebration of the death.

ConclusionEverybody has different ways to face death.

According to people’s beliefs, religion and culture.

However, sooner or later, we all die. This fact,

joined to that death is something unknown, it

makes people afraid and uncomfortable to talk

about it. That’s why death is a taboo.

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Fin de la presentación