International Funeral Rites And Customs

By Alta Alexander


Plan making for funerals are never unique to America or in the western cultures. Ceremonies and rites in honour and celebration of people who have passed away have been with us for time immoral. They have taken place as long as we have been in existence. Most customs and rites have their roots in the particular religion a deceased lived by. International funeral rites today are subject to varying cultures and countries.

Whereas all funeral planning differ in accordance to individuals, there are no culturally universal demands for funerals to be the same. There are differing funeral customs observed internationally. In China, the number of people attending a funeral apparently increases the levels of luck a family will have. It represents how well a deceased will prosper in their afterlife. Professional hired mourners attend some funerals to increase attendance numbers in this regard.

Where the Philippines is concerned, funeral ceremonies in honour of a deceased, last from three to more than seven days. It is also common to have big numbers of visitors coming and staying for the entire ceremony. In Haiti, the family members have to take responsibility for most of the hands on planning for a funeral. This includes dressing and preparing the deceased body for the burial. Displays and expressions of grief are often set aside until every possession owned by the deceased leaves the home.

In Amish community based funerals, everybody in the town shares everything about the event. The families are responsibility for particular choices as far as traditional funeral plans are concerned and which take place in a funeral home. Simplicity is the theme of focus and a simple wooden box is used. There is very little cosmetic work on a deceased body. Ornate stones, flowers and such things as mourning codes remain at a bare minimum.

Cremation is virtually universal in Thailand. Rites include preparing the body for the ceremony with respective family members placing coins in the deceased mouth. White thread ties the feet and hands of the deceased. Candles, money and flowers go into their hands. Additional monetary gifts and flowers go onto the deceased cremation pyre.

Bolivians observe traditional funeral codes seen nowhere else worldwide. These include performing special and separate burial rites for the deceased clothes. Such rites, according to Bolivians, assist in releasing the soul of those departed into the after-world.

Most funeral rites and customs observed internationally are slight deviations from what many people are aware. For everyone, there is communal reverence for the departed and close attention is given to what they leave behind. For relatives and friends, the ceremony is usually an opportunity to come together in mourning regardless of distance one has to travel to get there.

Incorporation of traditional and religious rites is a means for personalizing funeral-planning efforts. In most cases, the ceremony helps families place bigger emphasis on wishes and beliefs held by the deceased. In efforts to adhere to the time-honoured rites and practices, people sometimes instruct their families on how to go about their funerals. Other incorporate them in their wills.




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