The Relevance Of Honoring Ancestors
Since prehistory, the relevance of honoring ancestors can be observed in various societies with different degrees of complexity, which has remained an essential component of various religious practices in current times. Human beings, regardless of the culture to which we belong, in one way or another, honor our ancestors, whether when we perform ceremonies for heroes, on the altars of masses, on altars built on crypts, seeking spiritual strength from the dead, in the offerings, dances, and dances dedicated to the deceased, among others. The act of dealing with the ancestors is a primitive custom, which has even been considered the origin of religions since it allows the fact of death to be confirmed and also to exalt the memory of the deceased since there was a belief that the end was the prolongation of life. In sacred books, it is common to find a paragraph that says: "Honor your Father and your Mother." Honor is an act of valuing, respecting, and extolling our parents. T...