Festival of Death

[Orangeblossom78]

Next weekend in a town near us is a Festival of Death. Well, strictly it is called a festival of 'living and dying'- it has talks from the local hospital mortician, local hospice, a death cafe and natural shroud makers etc and about natural burials and the like.

I think it sounds interesting and would quite like to go but DH does not agree. What do you think? If anyone is interested it is called Pushing up the Daisies and is in Frome. Unsure if it is elsewhere also.

www.cheeseandgrain.com/events/pushing-up-the-daises-festival/

Sounds brilliant, I would be there in a flash. Death is one of the remaining taboos, and it's not morbid to actually take the time to think about the subject.

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me, and mainstream culture in England is so crap in dealing with death you would think it was an embarrassing secret ailment that only happened to an unlucky minority that I think events like this are important.

I agree. I have recently been reading the Kathryn Mannix book "With the end in mind' and it was very enlightening.

I'd be a bit worried about asking for sprinkles on my cappuccino at the death cafe

Has anyone ever been to a Death Cafe?

Oh God how much more Frome could that be

It is very Frome I agree

Sounds fascinating, to bad I'm to far away to travel to it.

We would love this! 4 hours away though...

A friend of mine who had a terminal illness used to go to a Death Cafe - she enjoed it and found it very liberating to be able to talk about death, which is a natural process, in a normal way. Often people who are living witht he fct their life may be limited can't talk about death and dying - the emotions and the practicalities - with their family for fear of upsetting them.

I think it is a subject we don't deal with well in this country (UK)and other cultures have a much healthier approach.

I would go on your own if you are interested, your Dh doesn't have to go with you. (My XH was against me even making a will because strangely he felt if you made a will you would die, despite me telling him that we are all going to die anyway, making a will just makes it easier for families dealing with your affairs - I made one as soon as we separated)

I'd be there like a shot