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How to Plan a Funeral According to Custom
Many modern funeral rituals have their roots in ancient traditions. Whatever beliefs your loved one held, and even if they are different from the rest of the family's, a dignified send-off provides comfort within a sense of tradition for the living while honoring the departed. more »
About Caddo Celebrations
The Caddo Indians are an association of several different culturally similar groups indigenous to the woodlands of east Texas, western Louisiana, southern Arkansas and southeast Oklahoma. Caddo lifestyle was considered highly civilized by European explorers and traders in the area with its settled, developed communities and... more »
Why Do Babies Wear White Garments for Baptism?
White garments are traditional for baptism. For older people going through baptism, a white robe is common. For babies, elaborate white outfits are often used and passed down in families as heirlooms. more »

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Funeral

A funeral is a ceremony marking a persons death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour. These customs vary widely between cultures, and between religious affiliations within cultures. In some cultures the dead are venerated; this is commonly called ancestor worship. The word funeral comes from the Latin funus, which had a variety of meanings, including the corpse and the funerary rites themselves.

Funeral rites are as old as the human culture itself, predating modern homo sapiens, to at least 300,000 years ago.History>. Accessed September 4, 2008.British>"When Burial Begins", British Archaeology, issue 66, August 2002, found at . Accessed September 4, 2008. For example, in the Shanidar cave in Iraq, in Pontnewydd Cave in Wales and other sites across Europe and the Near East,British /> Neanderthal skeletons have been discovered with a characteristic layer of pollen, which suggests that Neanderthals buried the dead with gifts of flowers.History /> This has been interpreted as suggesting that Neanderthals believed in an afterlife.History />British />

Funeral Arrangement
There are numerous steps when arranging a funeral service, whether it be preparation for burial or entombment.Barbara Kate Repa, "", Caring.com These include, but are not limited to:

# Obtain a Burial Certificate - Law requires a burial permit to be procured by next of kin, typically via a licensed funeral director or through the local Vital Records or Birth and Death Registration office. Usually, a nominal fee is charged to acquire a burial permit.
# Select a Burial Site - Oftentimes, the deceased will have either orally requested a burial site before death, or even have written such a request in a will.
# Transport Deceased to Burial Site - This can be accomplished through a mortuary or special car service, typ read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral

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