CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Burial or interment is a method of final disposition wherein a dead is lowered into the grave.1It is the act of putting a dead body into the ground accompanied with ceremonies. Burial and disposal of the dead are a manner of duty reflecting religious worldviews and ideas about life purity and social obligation.2 Death is not only a biological occurrence leaving the corpse as a residue that must be dealt with. It is also has a religious-cultural dimension because of the beliefs associated with it.
Disposal of the dead has not always been done the same way. As far as we have a different ways of disposing the dead among them, namely: burial among countries like Nigeria and Ghana and Cremation among countries such as Nepal and India. Reforming funeral rites has occurred periodically in almost all countries. Various groups in the world, especially Christian denominations have associated with reforming funeral rites.
Oruk Anam Christians have not been exempted from the periodic reformation of coping with death. The Oruk Anam people have a traditional way of conducting funerals which has been modernized by Christianity. And to them, burial is an important event and is taken very seriously.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
Funeral ceremonies in OrukAnam involve a lot of rites and by implication, a huge expenditure for the organizers.
1.3 Objective of the Study
The objectives of this study are:
1.4 Research Questions
The study will be guided by the following research questions:
1.5 Significance of the Study
The study is significant in several ways, such as uncovering what the traditional funeral rites of OrukAnamwas before contact with the Europeans. This knowledge, the researcher has ascertained is unknown to majority of the present generation of OrukAnam. The Study will also bring to light what the Bible teaches about burials, how the early Christians were buried and the right way of conducting funeralinline with Bible standard.
It is also hoped that the study will investigate ways of integrating what is good as far as burial is concerned in OrukAnam traditional belief and practice with Scriptural teachings. This will enable Christian faithfuls to feel comfortable at theway in which modern OrukAnam Christians will be buried.
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