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Beggar’s Banquet: The Curious History of the Sin Eater: An Illustrated Lecture by Art Historian and Master Jeweler Karen Bachmann

Admission: $8 - Tickets and more info HERE

Having a post-funeral meal to celebrate a loved one’s life is common. Consuming food off of a corpse is less common, yet this was the job of the sin-eater. Who were these people and where did this practice—prevalent in 18th and 19th century Europe—arise from?

Earlier Event: June 25
Morbid Anatomy Flea Market in Industry City, Brooklyn
Later Event: July 9
Death, Ancestors and The Otherworld in Matriarchal Societies: A Lecture by Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth of The International Academy for Modern Matriarchal Studies and Matriarchal Spirituality