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Death Cafe
A Death Cafe is a scheduled non-profit get-together (called "social franchises" by the organizers) for the purpose of talking about death over food and drink, usually tea and cake. The idea originates with the Swiss sociologist and anthropologist Bernard Crettaz, who organized the first café mortel in 2004. They have since been held in several countries, beginning with France and the United Kingdom.
Crettaz organized the first Death Cafe in Neuchâtel in 2004 with the aim of breaking the "tyrannical secrecy" surrounding the topic of death.〔Gary Singh, "Expiration Date," Silicon Alleys, ''Metro Silicon Valley'', July 23, 2014.〕〔Karen Schärer, ("Die Todes-Café: Wenn man sich im Restaurant trifft, um über den Tod zu plaudern" ), ''Aargauer Zeitung'', December 3, 2013 〕 He has written a book on the topic, ''Cafés Mortels: Sortir la Mort du Silence'' (Death Cafes: Bringing Death out of Silence).〔Molly Guinness, ("Never say die? Far from it in Paris death café" ), ''The Independent'', November 1, 2010.〕 The Death Cafe website states the purpose as:
At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death.
Our objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'.〔(What is Death Cafe? ), Death Cafe.com, retrieved July 24, 2014.〕
Facilitators have said that there is "a need among people to open () closet"〔Deena Prichep, ("Death Cafes Breathe Life Into Conversations About Dying" ), NPR, March 8, 2013.〕 into which death, the "last taboo",〔 has been placed, to reduce fear and enable people to live more fully.〔〔 He has said that at these gatherings, "the assembled company, for a moment, and thanks to death, is born into authenticity."〔Clare Davies, ("The Death Café" ), ''Aeon'', September 11, 2013.〕 Jon Underwood, a former council worker and web developer who introduced the idea to London, says that "we have lost control of one of the most significant events we ever have to face."〔Eleanor Tucker, ("What on earth is a death cafe?" ), Family, ''The Guardian'', March 21, 2014.〕 According to one commentator, Crettaz wants to revive the pagan tradition of the funeral feast, "where the living would renew their bonds while letting go of what weighed on their hearts."〔Ondine Millot, ("Cafés mortels: trépas sur le pouce" ), ''Libération'', October 27, 2010 .〕
The first Paris event took place in 2010〔 and Underwood held the first London event in 2011,〔 subsequently setting up a website and codifying guidelines.〔〔Helen Carter, ("Death Cafe: Discussing mortality over tea and cake" ), BBC News, January 31, 2014.〕〔("Sunday, 15 December 2013: Death Cafe" ), Spiritual Outlook, Radio New Zealand National, retrieved July 24, 2014.〕 The first US event was organized by Lizzy Miles, a hospice worker, in summer 2012 near Columbus, Ohio.〔Paula Span, ("Death Be Not Decaffeinated: Over Cup, Groups Face Taboo" ), The New Old Age, blogs, ''The New York Times'', June 26, 2013.〕〔Janice Lloyd, ("'Death cafes' normalize a difficult, not morbid, topic" ), ''USA Today'', April 7, 2013.〕〔Jaweed Kaleem, ("Death Cafes Grow As Places To Discuss, Learn About End Of Life" ), ''Huffington Post'', February 4, 2013.〕 By June 2014, the idea had spread to Hong Kong.〔Christy Choi, ("At Hong Kong's Death Cafe, it is love and life that is on the menu" ), ''South China Morning Post'', June 15, 2014.〕 , almost 1,000 have been held worldwide.〔 Venues include homes and rented halls as well as restaurants and cafes;〔〔〔("'Death cafes' gaining popularity" ), CBS News, August 19, 2013.〕〔Nita Lelyveld, ("Passing thoughts at L.A.'s first Death Cafe" ), ''Los Angeles Times'', April 15, 2013.〕 a cemetery〔Associated Press, ("At these coffee klatches, death is on the agenda " ), ''Wall Street Journal'', October 21, 2013.〕 and a yurt have also been used.〔 ''Café Totentanz'' or ''Totentanz-Café'' is used in German-speaking areas.〔〔Sascha Stienen, ("Im Totentanz-Café" ), Katholisch.de, May 12, 2013.〕 In February 2013, a Death Cafe in London was filmed.〔("Tea and mortality; the rise of Death Cafés" ), Dying Matters, February 12, 2013.〕
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