Tibetan Buddhists may opt for a sky burial, in which one's remains are left exposed to be consumed by vultures. Some people plan to be cremated when they die while others may find the thought of destroying their
Hindus are cremated, because it's believed that burning releases the soul from the body, while Roman Catholics frown on cremation out of respect for the body as a symbol of human life [sources: Mims; Cassell et al]. Religion and culture will always be intertwined with death, and one ...
In human cremation, there are strict regulations in place to ensure that only one body is cremated at a time (unless special arrangements were made for family members who died together), and great care is taken to ensure each body is treated with respect. Most pet crematoriums do mass crem...
Four decades ago, less than 5 percent of American were cremated when they died. Now that figure stands at nearly half. This is how cremation actually works, and what happens to a culture when its attitude about how to memorialize the dead undergoes a rev
You can also take your dog and have it cremated. Just as humans can be cremated and stored in a container, you can do this for your dog as well. There are even several different kinds of urns that you can buy to keep your dog’s remains in. It allows you to keep your dog aroun...
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s an invitation to go after your biggest dreams. Wikihow says eagles are messengers between the earthly and spirit worlds and they symbolize theability to embrace your true potential. Particularly when one seems to be close rather than soaring overhead, it is a message between humans and the ...
How do I say that my child died and I now need him cremated? I felt an emotional gut punch. It struck me, and like any gut punch, breathing is not exactly simple. The words were hard to say over my gasps, but somehow, I got through it. That was the hardest phone call I ever...
Ichijima had heard from locals that the dead air crew members were buried headfirst. But when they found out U.S. occupation forces were coming to collect the remains, the residents dug up the bodies and cremated them. Prior to the visit of the former crew members, Ichijima inquired abou...
the Stonehenge monument is a testament to humans' intrigue in celestial movements. The stone circle was erected with its axes aligning with the summer solstice sunrise and winter solstice sunset. However, archaeoastronomers are finding out that the ancient stone design also aligns with lunar events...