People ponder mortality over tea and cake at Cape Town’s Death Café
More than 5,000 Death Cafes have popped up in 55 countries since September 2011
Talking about dying is an uncomfortable topic of conversation‚ but not over a slice of cake at Death Café.Here‚ people gather to drink tea‚ eat delicious cake and discuss mortality as a means to make the most of life.Just ask Jean Dixon from Fish Hoek in Cape Town."It is such a stigmatised subject. People don’t generally want to talk about it. Now‚ you get to go to a place like the Death Café and talk about it. People come there because they find that there is nobody to talk to‚ or they come there because there is something about death that they feel apprehensive about‚" she said.Dixon is the driving force behind Death Café at the Hotel Glencairn‚ which promises guests a relaxed evening where conversations are open-minded. "It is not about grief and trauma but simply a friendly space to discuss the inevitable‚" is how the gathering is advertised.Death Café‚ described as a "social franchise"‚ was a concept started in 2011 by Jon Underwood in London who was fascinated by the works of ...
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