American Death Funeral Traditions

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Death funeral in every country is different. It is influenced by the cultural habit and the old human culture. Death funeral is the ceremony or ritual connected with the way we act the body of dead person, such as burial, cremation, and mummyfication. This custom relates to the complex of belief to respect someone dead. The way people buried, cremate, and mummified is different. The funeral ritual is influenced by the common belief, economy, geographic of the country. For example, the death funeral will be different from the country which consist of different belief. Its ritual also related to the range of migration in that place. In America, there are several ways to act the body of dead person. The first is burial services. Burial is a ritual …show more content…

Someone will be hired to take body away from the place where that person died, after that, he prepare it and place it in a casket. The nuclear family look at the death body and the neighbors and friends send a card or letter in order to honor the deceased. The funeral is usually opened to anyone to attend. After that, there is a time to talk with family and snack is provided. The cremony will be held in the church. Relative and friends arrive with all black dress. The prayer will give some speech in remembering that person. The burial may be done at a seperate time with only cose family attending. After that, the body of death is delivered to the graveyard, the nuclear family place roses on the casket before the burial (Brita and Kurnia. 2017:87). Todays, suprisingly, cremation surpassed the burial rates for the first time in United State. Cremation has become a new tradition. Based on National Funeral Directors Association in CCN (2017) said that over half of Americans, 50,2% chose cremation. Cremation has popular in several cities such as Washington, Nevada, and Hawaii but it is not found in Mississipi, Kentucky, Lousiana, and Tennessee. In indonesia, after someone dies, the Ambulance will deliver it to home from hospital. After that, the neighbor will prepare the place where the body of human death is purified. Then, the body of death is wrapped by seven layer of shrouded. Because of the majority of indonesian are moslem, so, the burial is opened to anyone to attend, the process is done and led by the

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