HUMAN PERSON AS BEING TOWARDS DEATH

*OBJECTIVES
-recognize the meaning of his/her own life
-enumerate the objectives he/she really wants to achieve
and to define the projects he/she really wants to do in
his/her life
-reflect the meaning of his/her life

WORDS TO REMEMBER
-DEATH
-SUFFERING
-GRIEF
-HEAVEN
 DEATH TRIVIA AND FACTS
1.A body decomposes four times as fast in water than on land

2.A dentist invented electric chairs

3.A human head can remain conscious for about 15 to 20 after it is

decapitated.French physician Dr.Gabriel Beaurieux witness the
beheading of a man named Languille.He wrote that immediately
afterwards “the eyedlips and lips worked in irregularly rhythmic
contractions for about 5 or 6 seconds”Dr.Beaurieux called out his name
and said that Langguille’s eyelids slowly lifted up,without spasmodic
contraction and that his pupils focused themselves.

4.Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death in the US accounting for

about 180,000 death per years.

5.Dr.Alice Chase who wrote “nutrition for health” died of malnutrition.

6.On average right-handed people live 9 years longer than their left-
handed counterparts.

7.The leading cause of death for children between ages of 1 and 4 are
motor vehicle crashes.

8.The tiny poison arrow frog has enough poison to kill over 2200
people.

9.When a person dies,hearing is generally the last sense to go.The first

sense lost is usually sight.Then Follow taste,smell and touch.

10.One pound of body weight will yeld roughly 1 cubic inch of ashes.
WHAT IS DEATH?

-Death is a cessation from being to

nothingness,from man to non man.

THE PHENOMENA OF DEATH

(A)Death comes when you less expect it
(B)Death calls for permanency
-When a man dies he has to leave everything
behind
(C)Death knows no material treasure
-When you die what you accumulated on earth
will remain on earth because what you
accumulated is the property that belongs to
earth
REGIONAL BURIAL COSTUMS AND BELIEFS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
A.IN THE PROVINCE OF LUZON

*APAYAO-The apayaos also known as the isnegs or isnags of the

cordillera administrative region bury the deceased person under the
kitchen areas of their homes.

*BENGUET-For 8 days the indigenous people from buenget blindfold

the dead and then sit it on a chair that is placed next to a house main
entrance

*CAVITENO-In rural areas of cavite trees are used as burial places.

*Ilocano-Filipinos in the ilocos have funeral and burial traditions known
as the pompon or “burial rites”.
A.Wake-A dead man is prepared by his wife for the wake,known in
ilocano as bangonon.
B.Funeral-windows are close before the casket exits the house,while
care is exercised to prevent the casket from touching any part of the
house.
C.Ilongot-The ilongot is buried in a sitting position and if a woman has
her hands tied to her feet to prevent her “ghost”from roaming.
D.Itneg-the itnegs of abra have a costumary habit of burying their dead
under the house
*Palaweno-Sketch of an anthropomorphic jar from maitum in the
Saranggani Province of Mindanao.
*In Sagada-In sagada mountain province the ancient funeral norm of
groups.

B.IN THE VISAYAS

*Cebuano-funeral traditions of the Cebuano people also include ruine
day recitation of the rosary,litanies,novenas,and latin prayers after the
burial,additionallychanting the pahulayng dayon or “eternal rest”(also
known as “gozos for the dead”).

*Ilonggo-Merritment,singing,and poem recitations are components of

funerals in Oton,IloIlo.

C.IN THE MINDANAO

*B’laan-the B’laan people wrap their dead inside tree bark.The
esnshrouded copse in then suspended from treetops.

*Davaoe