Mourning in Crete, Where ‘Death is Part of Life’
Travel Blog • Valerie Conners • 10.29.08 | 10:30 AM ET
Photo by When Cynthia Paine’s fiance died unexpectedly, dashing her dreams of their moving to Greece and marrying, she decided to still head to Crete to face her pain and learn to better accept his passing, she tells the Guardian in a poignant first-person account. “In England, people cross the street rather than talk to someone about the death of their loved one,” she said. “Here (death) was out in the open and constantly spoken of.”
From being able to speak candidly about her fiance’s death with the local potter to attending memorial masses for others, Paine’s account provides an interesting cross-cultural commentary on handling and coming to terms with death.
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Valerie Conners is the senior producer and editor at World Hum.
