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Tomb sweeping not just the preserve of humans

Written by DeadGirl
Saturday, 08 April 2006
AP , TAIPEI Apr 06, 2006 A couple visit the memorial honoring their pet dog ``Lucky'' at the Merciful Pets Paradise in Sanhsia, Taipei County, yesterday. As families crowded countryside cemeteries yesterday to honor their ancestors, many marked the traditional tomb-sweeping festival by visiting their dead pets. Some prayed amid thick incense smoke before a gilded Buddha statue on an altar, flanked by more urns. Peter He opened a small door to remove the urn containing the ashes of his pot belly pig, Dongdong, before a memorial service. He placed the urn on a desk alongside a photo of Dongdong and a selection of his favorite foods, including bread and apples. "I prayed to the Buddha that Dongdong will reincarnate into a man, not another pig who lives a miserable life," He said. Next to him, Jan Hsia-ping cried for her best friend, Baby, a five-year-old Pomeranian who died last year. "I brought Baby's favorite noodles and steamed egg," Jan said. "I prayed that she could forgive me for not providing her the best care when she was sick." The two-story brick house contains some 2,000 urns of pets and hundreds more are added each year, said Kuo Chin-yi, the owner of Merciful Pets Paradise. Pet owners can honor their dead animals with Christian, Catholic or Buddhist services, he said. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/04/06/2003301198

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Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries