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Funeral

A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial, entombment or cremation with the attendant observances. 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.…

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Etymology

Locations

Religious funerals

Western funerals

Other types of funerals

Asian funerals

Mutes and professional mourners

State funeral

Final disposition

Self-planned funerals

Organ donation and body donation

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Funeral

Nodes316
Edges315
Triples362
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006329
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Funeral

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related to Further reading · 75
Funeral → Accompany Them, Akyel, Ashes, ASIN, ASIN B00P2ZRS30, AZ, Benkel, Bremen, British Humanist Association, Burial, Cremation, Dead Bodies, Death, Death Rituals, Diamonds, Do Funerals Matter, Dominic, Doron, Dust, Economizing
related to Humanist and civil · 27
Funeral → Although, Channel Islands, Claire Rayner, Dublin Live, England, Funeral Directors, Humanist, Humanist Society Scotland, Humanists UK, In, Ireland, Keith Floyd, Linda Smith, Lovin Malta, Malta, Maltese, Northern Ireland, Outside, Radisson Blu Golden Sands, Ramon Casha
related to Hindu · 16
Funeral → Antima Samskaram, Antya-kriya, Antyeshti, Antyesti, Anvarohanyya, Atman, Brahman, For, Hindu, Hinduism, It, Rigveda, The, They, Vahni Sanskara, Vedas
related to Christian · 14
Funeral → Although, Bible, Burial, Catholic Bishops, Catholic Church, Christian, Christianity, Christians, Church, Congregations, One, The Church, The US Conference, There
related to Mutes and professional mourners · 13
Funeral → Dickens's Oliver Twist, Europe, From, He, In Martin Chuzzlewit, In Victorian, Moult, Mr Pecksniff, Mr Sowerberry, Oliver, The, There's, This
related to Asian funerals · 12
Funeral → Contemporary South Korean, Contemporary Western, During, East Asian, Exceptions, In, In Chinese, Korean, South Asian, Southeast Asian, The, While
related to Buddhist · 12
Funeral → After, Buddhist, Buddhists, Cremation, Crying, In, In Theravada Buddhist, In Tibetan Buddhism, Merit-making, The, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhists
related to Celebration of life · 12
Funeral → An, Australia, Celebrations, In Australia, Like, Maya Angelou, Notable, René Angélil, Some, Such, Taking, Unlike
related to In Japan · 12
Funeral → Aside, Buddhist, Follow-up, Funerals, In, Japanese, Many, Most Japanese, Religious, Shinto, Shintō, The
related to In the Philippines · 12
Funeral → Although, Apart, Christians, Except, Filipino, Filipino Muslims, Filipinos, Friends, Most, Philippines, These, Wakes

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burial deceased body cremation dead funerals may family death service also coffin place life usually mourning ritual cemetery corpse ceremony

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Funeralis aceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse0.90text
Funeralis atraditionally African-American burial ceremony and celebration of life unique to New Orleans0.90text
retained bodily warmthinstance ofsigns0.80text
delayed decomposition may be interpreted as evidence of spiritual accomplishmentinstance ofsigns0.80text
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in churchyardsinstance ofa practice generally forbidden by the Catholic Church.Christian burials have traditionally occurred on consecrated ground0.80text
battleinstance ofexcept in extraordinary cases0.80text
theseinstance ofIn cases0.80text
a picture of the deceasedinstance ofIn cases0.80text
usually a formal photoinstance ofIn cases0.80text
is placed atop the casket.Howeverinstance ofIn cases0.80text
this step is foreign to Judaisminstance ofIn cases0.80text

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