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A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. [ 1] Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
A funeral procession is a procession, usually in motor vehicles or by foot, from a funeral home or place of worship to the cemetery or crematorium. [1] [2] In earlier times the deceased was typically carried by male family members on a bier or in a coffin to the final resting place. [3] This practice has shifted over time toward transporting ...
Funeral of Giuseppe Verdi: January 30, 1901 Italy: Milan: 10,000 (private ceremony) [10] February 27, 1901: 300,000 (State funeral) [10] Funeral of Sholem Aleichem: May 13, 1916 United States: New York City: at least 250,000 [11] Funerals of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht: June 13, 1919 Weimar Republic: Berlin: 200,000 [12] Funeral of ...
Mancuso was born to a wealthy family in northwest Colombia and was a prosperous cattle rancher. He began to collaborate with the country's army in the early ’90s after his family was threatened ...
Immortelle (cemetery) An immortelle is a long-lasting flower arrangement placed on graves in cemeteries. They were originally made from natural dried flowers (which lasted longer than fresh flowers) or could be made from artificial materials such as china and painted plaster of paris or beads strung on wire arrangements.
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A funeral procession in the Philippines, 2009. During the Pre-Hispanic period the early Filipinos believed in a concept of life after death. [1] This belief, which stemmed from indigenous ancestral veneration and was strengthened by strong family and community relations within tribes, prompted the Filipinos to create burial customs to honor the dead through prayers and rituals.