Cremation

papers and fibers. (1) Another way is to be laid to rest in a wicker casket. Over time wicker decomposes acting as a natural casket. Equally important is an alternative to the normal cremation process is a process called “Bio Cremation”. This is a gentle, eco-friendly alternative to the normal flame based cremation. (6) This process involves water and potassium hydroxide to decompose the body where all that remains is bone ash. (6) The corpse is placed in a pressurized stainless steel chamber…

Rebelling against Christianity, some Anglo-Saxons responded by “….indulging in ever more elaborate ritual. Cremation was adopted…” (“AD 700- Sutton Hoo”). Most unusual is Mound 5 in the Sutton Hoo excavation site. Several bodies were buried in distorted positions, some with their hands behind their backs, face down, or decapitated with the head placed by the hand…

Death and Funerals in Japan Death is a time for people to mourn over loved ones that have been lost. The way people handle deaths and funerals are varied throughout different cultures. In Japan, a funeral includes a wake, the cremation of the deceased, a burial in a family grave, and a periodic memorial service. Japan has two major religions in their culture: Buddhism and Shintoism (Nelson). Shintoism is the positive aspects of life; for example, getting married, childbirth, birthdays, etc.…

brother, who died abroad, he can only do so to the ashes (Catullus, specific date unknwon). It was only much later that inhumation or burial became an accepted process, as the attitude towards continuous care for the dead became popular. The place cremation or burial was required to lay outside the pomerium, the inner city limits, in order to ensure the city was not tainted by the dead (Salzman, 2007). The ceremonial funeral rites began at the home of the deceased, continuing outside the city…

They spent weeks preparing it all even down to making the bunting I had told them that half the money was for the school and the other half they could use to buy something for the den Well they done really well they made enough to buy a children’s karaoke machine and with all the pennies thy Had been putting into the bucket they had £100 for the school We had a great holiday when we went to Florida with Jo-Ann Tony and her 4 younger boys we stayed in a villa with them for 2 week Wally was…

Death and the Afterlife Traditional Roman beliefs on Death and the Afterlife: Ancient Roman people had very specific ideas and beliefs about death and the afterlife. Romans often had traditions that would help a person’s spirit travel form earth to the underworld. Mostly of very high importance was ensuring a proper burial. Along with this other steps were taken such as a coin being placed of the mouth of the deceased, as payment to the demon boatman they believed carried the dead across the…

were especially clear in the women through lamentation in the Greek culture. Lamentation is the ritual mourning of the dead through a group rather than individual voicing and physical display of grief, usually over the corpse, prior to burying or cremation (Bryant & Peck, 2009). Lamenting implies the moment of departure of the deceased from the living members of the community and is understand as mediation process through which constant contact between the two worlds can be created (Ogden,…

Departures is an award-winning Japanese film about a young man who returns to his small hometown and works as an undertaker after an orchestra in Tokyo he is a member is disbanded. The Japanese name of the film is Okuribito, which means "the one who sends off" and describes Daito 's career as someone who prepares bodies before they are placed in coffins to be cremated. Daito 's job involves cleaning, clothing, and making up the person to the family 's liking before they say their goodbyes.…

Caitlin is a very interesting writer and she wrote about a very interesting subject. Starting the book, I had no expectations for what it was going to be like and the first chapter took me by surprise. Day one at her new job, she had to give an old man a clean shave. Normally, people learn the ropes of the whole business for the first few days but she was thrown in right away to shave a man’s face. Luckily, she said she did a great job from the evidence that the family did not notice if she had…

Mortuary Rituals of the Gray Site The mortuary practices examined at this site involve both primary and secondary burials, as well as a variety of post-mortem methods used in the pre-burial stages. One case of a potential cremation has been documented in the site reports. A primary burial is one where the remains are found in relative anatomical order, as the body of the deceased was interred shortly after death as the remains were still fresh. A secondary burial is therefore the opposite – the…