Imagine your dead relative in the palm of your hands‚ or taking the dead relative out with your family‚ as if it was a normal day. It may seem uncommon to hear this‚ but these are few types’ funerals that are practices from different cultures. Death is a way of life‚ and everything living will die. Over centuries many cultures have a different way of remembering the dead. Funerals play significant role of allowing people to remember the dead‚ and letting the dead move on. Let’s take a journey to
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Ferry 1 Amy Ferry Professor Nocito Composition 1 20 September 2010 My Grandmother’s Funeral: In every culture on our planet Earth‚ death is a part of life. Whether loved ones and friends of the deceased choose burial through internment‚ or produce ashes in a crematory‚ there is always a respectable method in which to dispose of the body and say a last farewell. In history‚ the Neanderthals were the first hominids to intentionally bury their dead. They did so by using stone tools and
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Manunggul Jar [pic] The Manunggul Jar is evidence of the spirituality of indigenous Filipinos. The Manunggul jar is cultural treasure found in the early 1960’s in Manunggul Cave‚ Lipuun Point‚ Palawan which is classified as a secondary burial jar‚ which means that only the bones of the corpse are placed inside. It has an elaborate design consisting of scrolls and curves on the top cover and is painted with hematite - a type of mineral that produces red coloring once subjected to heat.
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DIANA NYAKUNDI FRESHMAN COMPOSITION 09/29/10 LOOKING FOR ZORA In her essay Looking for Zora‚ Alice walker ventures out to Eatonville Florida to find out more about Zora Hurston. Walker masquerades as Zora’s niece and goes around inquiring on what was the cause of Zora’s death‚ where her grave is currently‚ and what was she like‚ alive. Walker argues that the writer’s undignified and unfamiliar resting place is far less important than the memories and influence she has left behind. The main appeal
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"When someone you love becomes a 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
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funeral‚ embrace the grief‚ and have a predetermined plan. No matter how much it hurts that a loved one passed‚ the funeral home wants to be paid up front for services rendered. There is no words to describe losing someone and not knowing how their burial would be paid for. I have dealt with many deaths in my life‚ but nothing has ever compared to me losing my father. I can still remember that dreadful phone call at 5:15AM from my mother saying he had just passed. Disbelief is the word that comes to
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of the farm. After their grandmother passed away‚ she was buried alongside of her husband and many other close relatives on the cemetery she had used from her farm. Unfortunately‚ the piece of land that was being used as a cemetery for the family burials was on sale.Later on the land was officially sold and didn’t belong to them no longer. Both Paul and Miranda on the other hand still played around the land that was prohibited from them to go. For fun they would hunt and shoot arrows at animals that
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the Vase tells 4) The Deceased: a) In the painting on the Funerary Vase (Krater)‚ the body of the deceased lies on a four legged bier or funerary platform‚ the deceased is tipped on his shoulders so one can see his whole body. His checkered burial shroud floats above him in space. The bier is rendered in a perspectival system that suggests it is in three dimensionality. 5) Mourners: a) The figures surrounding the deceased’s body probably represent his family. b) Two small figures
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Excavating tomb is a vital method used in trying to get a peek into the ancient world as tombs are basically the only things that have been left untouched since this time. A common practice for burial rituals during this time included a box-like shape that is believed to be used as a coffin. These boxes are now commonly known as a “larnax.” The larnax is seen to be a coffin for the dead‚ which was decorated with various scenes that can give a look into life in Greece during this period. Little is
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Catholic 1. What does the Catholic Church teach us about life after death? Catholic tradition teaches us that life after death is a deceased person that is raised from death to a new eternal life with God. Catholics believe that although the body has died‚ something in us lives on. At the moment of death‚ is when the soul is separated from the deceased and is no longer within the body. The body then begins to fall apart and left on its own to decompose. However the soul is everlasting and will
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