This is such a moving shot, Victor. They have strict traditions, customs, and rituals that take place, although I think it has lightened up a little as far as to sit Shiva here in the States.
Normally, your last breaths are very infrequent and you inhale oxygen and at that point, you are exhaling carbon monoxide.
I hope this person had a good life and his family will not be in too much emotional pain over losing them.
Stellar shot, always keeps me looking for your pictures.
thank you for the kind words, Denise.
i think that this was the mourning process of the Christian Arabs, so the process is very different from the usual we know. They use the coffin but no woman is allowed to go with the procedure
Thank you for pointing that out to me. I appreciate knowing all the little nuances and cultural/religious differences.
I'm not a big specialist, just lived in different and as I understand now, exotic places in terms of different mentality and the whole thinking about life. Religion is too far from me. It is how i was raised by parents and the CCCP :-)))