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the burial service
Visitation
At the visitation, in Western custom, the body of the deceased person is placed on display in the coffin. The viewing often takes place on one or two evenings before the funeral. The viewing is either "open casket", in which the embalmed body of the deceased has been clothed and treated with cosmetics [kɑzˈm ɛtɪk] 发蜡 for display; or "closed casket", in which the coffin is closed. The coffin may be closed if the body was too badly damaged because of an accident or fire or other trauma, deformed from illness or if someone in the group is emotionally unable to cope with viewing the corpse. In cases such as these, a picture of the deceased, usually a formal photo, is placed atop the casket.
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Funeral
A funeral is often officiated by clergy from the decedent's, or bereaved's, church or religion. A funeral may take place at either a funeral home or church. A funeral is held according to the family's choosing, which may be a few days after the time of death, allowing family members to attend the service. This type of memorial service is most common in Christians, and they call it a mass when the casket is closed and a priest says prayers and blessings. Most of the time family members of the dead can say something. If the funeral service takes place in the funeral home it can be directed by a clergy or hosted by a very close family member most common a parent.
Selecting a funeral song may seem like a fairly easy task, but in reality it is not. There are a number of things that should be considered before a collection of funeral songs are selected.
If you are in charge of selecting a funeral song for one of your recently deceased relatives you are encouraged to get input from other family members before officially selecting a collection of funeral songs.
Burial Service
• In many religious traditions, pallbearers, usually males who are close, but not immediate relatives (such as cousins, nephews or grandchildren) or friends of the decedent, will carry the casket from the chapel (of a funeral home or church) to the hearse, and from the hearse to the site of the burial service. The pallbearers often sit in a special reserved section during the memorial service. According to most religions, coffins are kept closed during the burial ceremony. In Eastern Orthodox funerals, the coffins are reopened just before burial to allow loved ones to look at the deceased one last time and give their
A burial service, conducted at the side of the grave, at which the body of the decedent is buried at the conclusion.
Sometimes, the burial service will immediately follow the funeral, in which case a funeral procession travels from the site of the memorial service to the burial site. In some other cases, the burial service is the funeral, in which case the procession might travel from the cemetery office to the gravesite. Other times, the burial service takes place at a later time, when the final resting place is ready, if the death occurred in the middle of winter.
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Funeral songs are songs that are played at a person's calling hours or funeral service. There are many times where a funeral home will select traditional funeral music or opt for no music at all; however, the majority of the time the decision is up to the surviving family members.
The funeral of Pope John Paul II
Funerals in North America and Europe
• Within the United States and Canada, in most cultural groups and regions, the funeral rituals can be divided into three parts: visitation funeral
WESTERN FUNERAL
What is funeral about?
• A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, respecting, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. • Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from interment itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor. • Customs vary widely between cultures, and between religious affiliations within cultures.
Visitation
The viewing typically takes place at a funeral home, which is equipped with gathering rooms where the viewing can be conducted, although the viewing may also take place at a church. The viewing may end with a prayer service; in a Roman Catholic funeral, this may include a rosary[ˈroz əri]玫瑰经. In parts of Ireland and Scotland it is traditional to display the body of the deceased in the family home. This is called a wake and usually includes food, drink and sometimes music and singing.