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Scenario

How to observe traditional mourning taboos while maintaining your livelihood

I am supposed to avoid mirrors for thirty days after my father died, but I am a hairstylist and my livelihood depends on using them, and I cannot take a month off work.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sacred prohibitions can become economically devastating when work requires the forbidden actions.

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African grief traditions — communal mourning?”

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