Candid ASMR Night Chat - The Happy & The Sad Things
Added 2024-11-08 20:00:07 +0000 UTCMissed you ✨❤️
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Hi Anya, I was not at home for the weekend, but I am so happy to see you again. Thank you for this moment. My condolences to you and your family.
Andre H
2024-11-11 21:31:20 +0000 UTCThis is so fascinating! Have a nice weekend as well🤗
Anya ASMR
2024-11-10 19:37:22 +0000 UTCI really appreciate you sharing this story. I do understand peoples' discomfort sleeping in the same house as a dead body. I can do it, but we are all different. There is a fascinating history to the wake. In Ireland hundreds of years ago folk opened illegal bars known as a síbín (she-been). The word means 'homemade whiskey'. The drink itself was called Poitín (Pot-cheen). Anyway, the alcohol was so strong in alcohol and so unhygenic, that drinkers sometimes fell into a deep coma. People thought they were dead and after funeral rites, buried them. One day having refilled a grave with soil they heard banging. 'Jaysus he's buried alive!' So they dug him up and he was alive. They realised that that Poitín, if not distilled properly, contained a dangerous chemical that put folk into a coma, and that the coma could last as long as three days. So whenever anyone died, they would leave the body in the síbín for three days to see if he will wake up. Sometimes he or she did, sometimes not. So this became known as the wake. It is now popularised to celebrate the dead in many countries. Even where the culture and process before burial is different, they often call it a wake. Did you ever hear of the graveyard bell? The Irish placed the bell on a pole next the grave, and lowered a piece of string which they placed in the coffin in the hand of the deceased. So if they wake up they would pull the string to ring the bell. Then villagers came running with shovels to dig them up. The problem was, on a windy night many bells rang and villagers were exhausting themselves digging up corpses simply because the wind rattled the bells! Eventually due to these false alarms, the practice of graveside bells ended. I hope you are having a nice weekend 🙏😊
Sideshow Bob
2024-11-10 13:50:19 +0000 UTCThank you so much, I'd never heard of the "wake" but it seems very similar to the "hogehangist"(soulresting) that we have in Armenia that used to be held in the homes here when I was little but to be honest I'm happy it's not happening in the homes for the most part anymore, slowly switching to churches or other locations. I have been to one such wake/hogehangist when the father of my ex best friend had died. The atmosphere of death, people crowding in the apartement felt very heavy. I remember offering her to spend the night in our place, even though we weren't friends anymore because I just thought the atmosphere was so dark. I believe she said she was going to sleep over at her boyfriend's place. I'm telling this story because I learned I was not the only one who found it awful to sleep in the same house with a dead body. But if the deceased is old the atmosphere is often better. After the funeral the Armenians often gather in the home or at a restaurant to eat drink and remember the good stories they had with the the person who passed away. In general I like the "western" memorial service the most, when people are in church and those who want, give a speech, sharing special memories about the person gone.
Anya ASMR
2024-11-09 06:45:50 +0000 UTCMy dear, Anya, seeing the dogs so happy in their new homes is so wonderful. Indeed, seeing you back is fantastic. It's great to see you again. I am, however, so sad to hear the news about your auntie dying. You are affected by this, and I do understand your grief. Did you ever hear of a 'wake'? This is a word commonly used to describe the, let's say celebration of a life, between death and burial. The wake is an Irish conception. It is said that the Irish grieve better than any other culture. This may or may not be true. But I know the deceased don't leave without a deep sense of love and respect. My prayers and thoughts are with you. Please eat well, sleep well, and don't punish yourself, Anya 😊💕🙏
Sideshow Bob
2024-11-08 22:31:45 +0000 UTC
