Description The purpose of this assignment is to get you to describe a ritual and understand its me ...

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Description The purpose of this assignment is to get you to describe a ritual and understand its meaning. More specifically, you will analyze the funeral practices depicted in your three introductory clips/videos for Islam and in the film To the Land of Bliss for Mahayana Buddhism. The main question is: how do these practices reveal Muslim and Buddhist attitudes toward and beliefs about death and the afterlife? Instructions First, watch the three intro clips on Islam at the very beginning of this module.  Then, read your Prothero's chapter on Buddhism and watch To the Land of Bliss. This film will take you to China, a Mahayana Buddhist country… and to the Land of Amitabha Buddha. The clips and the film constitute the main sources of your assignment. Download the document below and fill it out. You will concentrate on the films I mention in each of the questions, and you will answer the questions in the indicated order. When you submit your assignment, the question number and the prompt should appear before each answer. For your references, simply mention in parentheses (Islam Video A, B, or C) and (To the Land of Bliss) whenever it is necessary. If you happen to refer to your Prothero's textbook, please provide a parenthetical citation (Prothero, p. x).