la sÉrÉnitÉ À l’approche de la mort chez les roumains

The purpose of the study „Serenity facing Death. Intercultural Approach on Perceptions of Death” is to find out unknown aspects of the Romanians’ perception of death, thereby facilitating a better understanding of the socio-cultural differences between the past and the present. The image of death in ecclesiastical art, in narrative folklore and ethnographic material has been analyzed. Unlike modern environments where it is considered indecent to publicly display grief, there was a superiority of the traditional community in managing death, founded on the manner in which a Romanian understood his death as a natural order of life, but also the advantage of a strong community network of solidarity built during his life.