Behavior: Why Do People Hold Vigils?

By April Masini
June 4, 2007 (Posted at 1:04 pm)

Vigils and other rituals where people come together to express feelings and heal, are very common. They have many names, places and forms — from vigils to wakes to funerals to support groups to coffee clatches to chat rooms to message boards on the internet — the number and form are just myriad.
What these rituals […]