Funerary practices in different cultures A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with...
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Look up funeral in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A funeral is a ceremony marking a person's death. Funeral may also refer to: The Funeral (1984 film)...
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A funeral director, also known as an undertaker or mortician (American English), is a professional who has licenses in funeral arranging and embalming...
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A funeral home, funeral parlor or mortuary is a business that provides burial and cremation services for the dead and their families. These services may...
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state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honour people of national significance. State funerals usually...
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Pelé (redirect from Death and funeral of Pelé)
funeral". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2022. Church, Ben; Rocha, Camilo (3 January 2022). "Funeral...
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A living funeral, also called a pre-funeral, is a funeral held for a living person. It may be important to the person's psychological state and also that...
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Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave...
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Funerals and funeral prayers in Islam (Arabic: جنازة, romanized: Janāzah) follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to regional interpretation...
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Death at a Funeral may refer to: Death at a Funeral (2007 film), a British comedy film Death at a Funeral (2010 film), an American remake of the 2007 film...
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A military funeral is a memorial or burial rite given by a country's military for a soldier, sailor, marine or airman who died in battle, a veteran, or...
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The majority of funerals (葬儀, sōgi or 葬式, sōshiki) in Japan include a wake, the cremation of the deceased, a burial in a family grave, and a periodic memorial...
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Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It is the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis...
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Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, formed in 2001, who currently consist of Kris Roberts (guitar, backing vocals), Gavin...
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In some masonic jurisdictions, a masonic funeral is a rite afforded to Master Masons in good standing with their Lodges. Under extenuating circumstances...
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Mental Funeral is the second album by Autopsy, released in 1991 by Peaceville Records. All music by Autopsy. Lyrics by Chris Reifert – except track 5...
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Funeral games are athletic competitions held in honor of a recently deceased person. The celebration of funeral games was common to a number of ancient...
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Purcell wrote funeral music that includes his Funeral Sentences and the later Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860. Two of the funeral sentences,...
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The Funeral Mountains is a short, arid mountain range in the United States along the California-Nevada border approximately 100 mi (160 km) west of Las...
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Assassination of Shinzo Abe (redirect from State funeral of Shinzo Abe)
assassination in 1960. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida decided to hold a state funeral for Abe on 27 September. Yamagami was arrested at the scene and charged...
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Old Funeral was a black/death metal band from Bergen, Norway. Old Funeral was one of the first bands to form in the Norwegian extreme metal scene, formed...
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Funeral cosmetology, also known as mortuary makeup or restorative arts, sometimes known by the older name desairology, are activities related to the practice...
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Hearse (redirect from Funeral coach)
called funeral cars or funeral coaches. The name is derived, through the French herse, from the Latin herpex, which means a harrow. The funeral hearse...
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A jazz funeral is a funeral procession accompanied by a brass band, in the tradition of New Orleans, Louisiana. The term "jazz funeral" was long in use...
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A funeral march (marche funèbre in French, marcia funebre in Italian, Trauermarsch in German, marsz żałobny in Polish), as a musical genre, is a march...
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Funeral oration or Funeral Oration may refer to: eulogy funeral sermon, funeral address structured around exposition of a text from the Bible Funeral...
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"The Funeral of Hearts" is a song by the Finnish band HIM, released in 2003. It is the second track and first single from the album Love Metal. It is...
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mortcloth or casket saddle) is a cloth that covers a casket or coffin at funerals. The word comes from the Latin pallium (cloak), through Old English. A...
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Funeral strippers are exotic dancers, usually young women, who sing and dance and remove clothes at a funeral or in a procession to a funeral as a way...
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Funeral potatoes is a potato-based hotdish or casserole, similar to au gratin potatoes, popular in the American Intermountain West and Midwest. It is...
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