Cascade
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I have heard it's because women are loud and emotional mourners, and so they'll disturb the process? If that's the reason then it is a really superficial and ignorant one. I know a lot of men who wail loudly when they mourn over the dead, and many women who remain silent. We should make a progression in this regard and allow any person to visit the graveyard during burial, without restrictions based on gender and whatnot. What irks me is that they hypocritically allow people to bring in their children during burial (and I thought they're the loudest).
This is basic human rights and it's just silly that we hold on it when there is no mention of it in the bible anyway, and has no religious taboo whatsoever (like a woman being uncovered in the church, which is understandable). This tradition seems to be entirely cultural and really trivial, where it can always be changed or updated (unlike religious practices).
P.S. Is this practice universal among Assyrians in the globe anyway? I know we do it here in Australia, or at least in our Nestorian church. And I've seen it practiced among Assyrian Americans. Not sure about the rest or other churches.
This is basic human rights and it's just silly that we hold on it when there is no mention of it in the bible anyway, and has no religious taboo whatsoever (like a woman being uncovered in the church, which is understandable). This tradition seems to be entirely cultural and really trivial, where it can always be changed or updated (unlike religious practices).
P.S. Is this practice universal among Assyrians in the globe anyway? I know we do it here in Australia, or at least in our Nestorian church. And I've seen it practiced among Assyrian Americans. Not sure about the rest or other churches.