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Began section on funerary rites.
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*Use of {{wp|lunar calendar|lunar}} and {{wp|lunisolar calendar|lunisolar}} calendars derived from the Classical Iatic (the '''[[Calibrated Coscivian Calendar]]''' being the most widespread), and an eight-day week. | *Use of {{wp|lunar calendar|lunar}} and {{wp|lunisolar calendar|lunisolar}} calendars derived from the Classical Iatic (the '''[[Calibrated Coscivian Calendar]]''' being the most widespread), and an eight-day week. | ||
==Religion== | ==Religion, Spirituality, and Ritual== | ||
[[File:HenanBowuyuan.jpg|thumb|Sarostivist temple in [[Avidrona]]]] | [[File:HenanBowuyuan.jpg|thumb|Sarostivist temple in [[Avidrona]]]] | ||
For most of the past millennium and up to the present day, a majority of people living in the Coscivian World have been Christians, and in most of Coscivian civilisation a "Christo-Coscivian synthesis" of Christian theology with a native Coscivian philosophical framework, expressed through a primarily Coscivian cultural vocabulary... (shit, Starbucks is kicking me out, bbl) | For most of the past millennium and up to the present day, a majority of people living in the Coscivian World have been Christians, and in most of Coscivian civilisation a "Christo-Coscivian synthesis" of Christian theology with a native Coscivian philosophical framework, expressed through a primarily Coscivian cultural vocabulary... (shit, Starbucks is kicking me out, bbl) | ||
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Some aspects of Coscivian religiosity traverse individual faith traditions, and can be found in Coscivian expressions of Christianity, Islam, and other "imported" religions. These include an important place for {{wp|monasticism}} and similar separated, acestic, and contemplative institutional lifestyles, and a great deal of attention paid to the souls of the deceased (especially ancestors). | Some aspects of Coscivian religiosity traverse individual faith traditions, and can be found in Coscivian expressions of Christianity, Islam, and other "imported" religions. These include an important place for {{wp|monasticism}} and similar separated, acestic, and contemplative institutional lifestyles, and a great deal of attention paid to the souls of the deceased (especially ancestors). | ||
===Funerary Culture=== | |||
All Coscivian groups and subgroups have a highly developed {{wp|funerary cult|funerary culture}}. Before the introduction of Christianity and its baptismal rites, not all Coscivian cultures had strong traditions for the reception of newborns into the family, tribe, or community, a fact that some anthropologists attribute to high infant mortality. Thus, the two cardinal life-cycle events in Coscivian culture have always been the wedding and the funeral. The oldest and most influential works in the Coscivian literary canon have been {{wp|funerary texts}} such as the ''Itidhamtagránda'', popularly known as the "Coscivian Book of the Dead". | |||
{{wp|Cremation}} has a long history in Coscivian civilisation and remains the leading method of corpse disposal in the modern Coscivian World. Cremation practices among the Cosco-Adratic peoples share several common characteristics, such as giving the body a special vestment or draping for cremation, retention of ashes or bone fragments after cremation, and memorialisation of the remains. While the the specific rites surrounding cremation, of course, vary widely with religion, ethnicity, location, and social stratum, these practices are highly conserved among Coscivian groups, and contrast with Western crematory practices that usually involve the outdoor dispersal of cremated remains, which is viewed as highly disrespectful and is prohibited by law in most Kiravian states. | |||
==Contact with Other Civilisations== | ==Contact with Other Civilisations== | ||