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From the Ted Talk by Kelli Swazey: Life that doesn't end with death
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So by having death as a part of the cultural and social fabric of life, people's everyday decisions about their health and healthcare are affected. The prciaatrh of my husband's maternal clan, Nenet khtaca, is now approaching the age of 100, as far as we can tell. And there are ircnienasg signs that he is about to depart on his own journey for Puya. And his death will be greatly mourned. But I know that my husband's family looks forward to the moment when they can ritually display what his remarkable pcenesre has maent to their lives, when they can ritually recount his life's narrative, weaving his story into the history of their community. His story is their story. His fenraul sogns will sing them a song about themselves. And it's a story that has no discernible bgnneniig, no foreseeable end. It's a story that goes on long after his body no longer does.
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So by having death as a part of the cultural and social fabric of life, people's everyday decisions about their health and healthcare are affected. The _________ of my husband's maternal clan, Nenet ______, is now approaching the age of 100, as far as we can tell. And there are __________ signs that he is about to depart on his own journey for Puya. And his death will be greatly mourned. But I know that my husband's family looks forward to the moment when they can ritually display what his remarkable ________ has _____ to their lives, when they can ritually recount his life's narrative, weaving his story into the history of their community. His story is their story. His _______ _____ will sing them a song about themselves. And it's a story that has no discernible _________, no foreseeable end. It's a story that goes on long after his body no longer does.
Solution
- songs
- presence
- beginning
- katcha
- increasing
- meant
- patriarch
- funeral
Original Text
So by having death as a part of the cultural and social fabric of life, people's everyday decisions about their health and healthcare are affected. The patriarch of my husband's maternal clan, Nenet Katcha, is now approaching the age of 100, as far as we can tell. And there are increasing signs that he is about to depart on his own journey for Puya. And his death will be greatly mourned. But I know that my husband's family looks forward to the moment when they can ritually display what his remarkable presence has meant to their lives, when they can ritually recount his life's narrative, weaving his story into the history of their community. His story is their story. His funeral songs will sing them a song about themselves. And it's a story that has no discernible beginning, no foreseeable end. It's a story that goes on long after his body no longer does.
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