Even when wildly different, all cultures share a common desire to memorialize their dead. While the reasons might be different, as not all cultures believe in life after death, humanity is united in its ritualization of death. Here in the...
Death traditions vary from culture to culture, but one thing remains the same: all cultures have practices and traditions, often in line with their spiritualities for death. For many people and many cultures, there is life after death, and they...
One thing that all human cultures have in common is rituals around death. When someone in a community dies, each culture has different traditions to honor and remember the dead. While this is something that all human cultures share, the...
While all of humanity is united in its desire to ritualize and memorialize their dead, there are huge swathes of differences in what cultures consider to be sacred or profane. Some of the differences are so great that what one culture...
In the United States, many people are bucking tradition in the favor of more environmentally friendly funerals. Traditional Western funeral and burial practices carry a heavy carbon footprint. While cremation is more environmentally friendly than a traditional burial, cremation uses...
According to the National Funeral Director’s Association (NFDA), the cremation rate in the U.S. recently surpassed burial and is expected to reach nearly 80% by 2035 (up from just 25% in 1999). As most families don't experience a death too...
Across the world, the practice of cremation in some form is quite common. However common cremation is, there is a world of difference between how and why different cultures practice cremation. Here in the West, cremation is rising in popularity...
When dealing with the loss of a loved one - whether it's a family member, friend, or a beloved pet - it can be difficult to set everything in motion for post-passing care. Therefore, it's essential to start the planning...
A New Orleans funeral procession is colloquially termed a Jazz Funeral, but the term was generally disdained by New Orleans natives up until the 20th century. They preferred the term “funeral with music”. This disdain has faded over the last...
