A funeral is either a State or a family ceremony, held to honor. It generally involves many rituals and traditions that are specific to the religion or culture of the dead person.
Majority of Christian funerals have rites that are categorized into 3 main parts: visitation, funeral, and finally, the burial. From a ritualistic point of view, visitation and funeral rituals have much more significance and they are detailed here.
The first ceremony is the visitation, when the body is laid in a coffin for public viewing by friends and relatives. The body is clothed in the finest attire and adorned with jewellery. Embalming of the deceased for this occasion is not a compulsory ritual in every community.
Visitation mostly includes a visual display of pictures of the dead person by the family or a display of items that were valued by the deceased while he was alive. Some families also play a slide show or video of the deceased.
The visitation is followed by the second part of rituals, which is the memorial service, also known as funeral, and it is carried out in a church. The coffin containing the dead body is placed in a hearse and carried to the church with a funeral cortege of mourners, who follow the carriage. The coffin is placed inside the church with an elaborate floral arrangement on it.
Funeral services usually include prayers and recitals from the Bible or the Holy Scriptures. Those attending the funeral also sing devotional songs. This is followed by a speech by the pastor presiding over the funeral service and eulogies by the friends and relatives, who then share their personal thoughts about the deceased's life. Sometimes, mourners are permitted to view the body for the last time before it is taken for burial. Church bells may be chimed both before the service and after it.
Once the first two services are over, the body is then taken into a vehicle for burial that comprises the third part of the rituals. - 42913
Majority of Christian funerals have rites that are categorized into 3 main parts: visitation, funeral, and finally, the burial. From a ritualistic point of view, visitation and funeral rituals have much more significance and they are detailed here.
The first ceremony is the visitation, when the body is laid in a coffin for public viewing by friends and relatives. The body is clothed in the finest attire and adorned with jewellery. Embalming of the deceased for this occasion is not a compulsory ritual in every community.
Visitation mostly includes a visual display of pictures of the dead person by the family or a display of items that were valued by the deceased while he was alive. Some families also play a slide show or video of the deceased.
The visitation is followed by the second part of rituals, which is the memorial service, also known as funeral, and it is carried out in a church. The coffin containing the dead body is placed in a hearse and carried to the church with a funeral cortege of mourners, who follow the carriage. The coffin is placed inside the church with an elaborate floral arrangement on it.
Funeral services usually include prayers and recitals from the Bible or the Holy Scriptures. Those attending the funeral also sing devotional songs. This is followed by a speech by the pastor presiding over the funeral service and eulogies by the friends and relatives, who then share their personal thoughts about the deceased's life. Sometimes, mourners are permitted to view the body for the last time before it is taken for burial. Church bells may be chimed both before the service and after it.
Once the first two services are over, the body is then taken into a vehicle for burial that comprises the third part of the rituals. - 42913
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