Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 5 -- A four-day exhibition of photos by celebrated German photographer and journalist Michael Gleich on final farewell traditions of cultures around the world opened in Museum Park in the city on Wednesday.
Eminent filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan inaugurated the exhibition, organised by the German cultural and language institute Goethe Zentrum. Michael Gleich was also present.
The free-to-walk-in exhibition, themed 'Silence Alive, the Global Culture of Farewell', features an assortment of photos by Michael Gleich on final farewell traditions from across the world.
The final farewell rituals bring a little solace to the bereaved and not for the dead, Gopalakrishnan noted.
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