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    previous life. Although all cultures practice funeral rituals for the dead‚ there are many different kinds. The most popular are internment and cremation. Internment is the act of burying the body in the ground. The body is place inside of a coffin‚ and then a hole is dug in a cemetery. Cremation‚ on the other hand‚ does not involve a casket. Cremation is the process of reducing a body to ashes by fire in a crematory. Scholars conclude that its history began during the Stone Age around 3000 B.C

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    The death cafe I held took place on March 11th 2017 over Facebook messenger. I decided to do it over Facebook messenger for the convenience of everyone since they all had different schedules. The participants were: My sister Ana‚ who is 23; her boyfriend Bobby‚ who is 20; Sunny‚ who is 16; Queeny who is 13; Tameisha‚ who is 19; Erika‚ who is 20; Maddie‚ who is 20; Mark‚ who is 19; and Joshua‚ who is 19. Most of us are Christians‚ with the exception of Bobby‚ Sunny‚ and Queeny who are Atheist. I decided

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    in the camps increased use was made of local municipal crematoria for which the SS paid a fee to the crematoria as per any normal civil cremation. Burial urns of ashes were also delivered to the camp for purchase by relatives if they so wished. In some camps e.g. Gross Rosen the local municipal crematorium came to collect the bodies from the camp. The cremation of the camp prisoners was registered in the municipal crematorium record book as for any other person. So finally in 1940 Himmler issued

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    memory‚ the memory becomes a treasure". Hence the society formed the funeral process - a way to celebrate and remember the life of the loved one who just died. There are various beliefs and practices‚ across many cultures to remember the dead. Cremation is only part of the funeral ceremony where the body of the deceased is given back to nature - either by burning‚ burying or leaving it for the nature to take it herself. It all depends on the religious beliefs. So what happens in classic funerals

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    EverDear & Co. start with the cremation ashes of the deceased. Carbon is meticulously extracted from hair and ashes—whatever is left after the cremation process. The carbon is reduced to its purest form‚ then submitted to high heat and intense pressure in a specially-designed chamber. The HPHT (High Pressure High Temperature) press takes a couple of weeks to complete the task of taking carbon from dust to diamond. Because of the controlled laboratory conditions‚ the cremation diamonds themselves are considered

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    DEFITION OF CUSTOM. Custom is a pattern of social behavior which has been accepted by a bulk of a given society as binding upon its members because such behavior has been found to be beneficial to them. Customs are derived from social norms‚ which are those rules or standards that guide‚ control‚ or regulate proper and acceptable behavior of a group. These norms define the shared expectations of a group and enable people to anticipate how others will interpret and respond to their words and actions

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    Death and Dying- Customs and Rituals Hinduism and Buddhism Religious and cultural beliefs play a significant role in the processes of death and dying. These beliefs have created rituals that provide a conceptual framework for understanding the experience of death. Cultures across the world have different‚ unique rituals surrounding death and dying. This can be proven by comparing Hinduism and Buddhism. Their pre-death rituals‚ burial rites and concepts of afterlife are very different. Hindus

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    Life Gem Research Paper

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    Although there are many different ways to dispose of your body when you die‚ the way that is the most memorable is LifeGem‚ which makes the ashes of a loved one into a diamond or other gem that can be placed onto a ring or necklace which is very easy to remember and is readily accesible; therefore it is the best way to dispose of the body of a loved one after the pass away. LifeGem is a Chicago based company that uses the ashes from someone that has been cremated and makes them into a diamond ranging

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    funeral service in the United States includes preparation of the body through embalming and other preservation techniques‚ the use of a casket‚ a viewing and funeral service for friends and family‚ and burial in a cemetery. Some individuals opt for cremation‚ but in 2003‚ only 30% of Americans were cremated (Kim). Each part of the process is an opportunity for waste to be created and unnecessary steps to be taken‚ including steps that could cost the family of the deceased hundreds‚ even thousands‚ of

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    Despite viewed as a sad and negative emotion with nothing at all positive to say‚ it can be viewed in entirely different ways. In the poems “The Cremation of Sam McGee” written by Robert Service‚ “Full Fathom Five” written by William Shakespeare‚ and “Annabel Lee” written by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the topic of death is defined in several different ways. In “The Cremation of Sam McGee” death is a force that puts trust and friendship to the test. In “Full Fathom Five” death can bring beauty. In “Annabel Lee” death

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