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When political violence separates you from ancestral burial sites

I want to visit my grandmother's grave in El Salvador but it's not safe there and I haven't been back since I was twelve and I don't know how to honor her from here.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Geographical displacement created by conflict interrupts traditional ways of maintaining connection with the dead.

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“Where Are You with Ancestor veneration across traditions?”

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