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Tag Archives: Cremation
The End-of-Life and Death in India
Cultural and Religious Traditions Across the Vast Country
India, home to over a billion people, is also home to a plethora of cultural and religious traditions. The birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, India also hosts a large number of followers of other major religions, including large … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, Cremation, Cultural Perspectives, Death and Dying, Funeral Traditions, Hinduism, India, Jainism, Sikhism
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Green Burial Makes its Way to South Africa
The country opens its first eco-cemetery.
Last month, South Africa opened the country’s first green cemetery. Weisenhof Legacy Park was created within the oldest privately-owned nature reserve in the country. The park set aside a portion of its space for burial and memorial sites. It will … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, ash scattering, Burial, Cemetery, Cremation, Crematorium, Eco-cemetery, Green Burial, Natural burial, South Africa
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Shine On Brightly: The Art of Reverence
Company creates artistic cremation vessels and memorial art to honor life and spirit.
Shine On Brightly offers artist-created cremation vessels and custom memorial art pieces to honor the deceased. Their mission states: “We believe that art has the power to heal, to unite, and to express felling when words sometimes can’t be found.” … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Cremation, Cremation remains, Cremation Vessel, Crematorium, Crematory, Death and Dying, Keepsake Urn, Memorial, Urn
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Remembered in Ink
The growing popularity of memorial tattoos to honor and remember the deceased
Tattoos are not nearly the taboo they once were in our culture. In the past two or three decades, they have grown to become an almost-universally accepted form of artwork and personal expression, and their popularity has grown to cover … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Ashes, Body Modification, Bodyart, Cremains, Cremation, Crematorium, Memorial Tattoo, Tattoo
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The Bizarre Fate of Cremation Ashes
8 Creative Ways People Have Utilized or Disposed of Cremation Remains
1. Fireworks Gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson planned his funeral years before his death. When he took his own life in 2005, Johnny Depp, who had befriended Thompson while preparing to play his character in the 1998 film adaptation of Fear and … Continue reading
Laid to Rest in the Bay
San Francisco Bay Popular for Scattering Cremation Remains
Every month, the remains of hundreds of people are laid to rest in the San Francisco Bay. With the popularity of cremation pulling ahead of burial as a means for disposition of remains, the scattering of cremains (cremated remains) is becoming … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Cremation, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco Bay Area, Wirthlin Worldwide
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