Reflection Task 2a: Culture

Bhutan’s Death Culture

Death is one of the biggest fears of most people. We don’t want to think about it because it makes us uncomfortable. But why ? I’ve chosen this topic because death is a complicated topic for most people and these culture really impressed me and I wanted to share their thoughts with others.We all know that one day we all will die but we mostly avoid to think and talk about it. The reason for that is ; we don’t want to accept that reality. We don’t want to think about it while there’s some things that we want to do before we die or there are some people we love that are still alive. We don’t want to be forgotten or we don’t want to accept the fact that we will be nothing. That’s why thinking about death is not something people like. But these Bhutanese people consider death as  a ‘’part of life, whether they like it or not’’. Because ‘’ignoring this essential truth comes with a heavy psychological cost’’ according to them. These words really impressed me and made me think: ‘Why would I feel bad thinking about it even though it is going to happen eventually ?’ Like Bhutanese people do; thinking about it frequently makes it more ordinary.