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A funeral procession is a procession, usually in motor vehicles or by foot, from a funeral home or place of worship to the cemetery or crematorium. [1][2] In earlier times the deceased was typically carried by male family members on a bier or in a coffin to the final resting place. [3] This practice has shifted over time toward transporting the ...
Ngaben. Ngaben, also known as Pitra Yadnya, Pelebon or cremation ceremony, is the Hindu funeral ritual of Bali, Indonesia. [3][4][5] A Ngaben is performed to release the soul of a dead person so that it can enter the upper realm where it can wait for it to be reborn or become liberated from the cycles of rebirths. [1][6] The Balinese Hindu ...
Location of Sulawesi in Indonesia. The Torajans are an ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Their population is approximately 1,100,000, of whom 450,000 live in the regency of Tana Toraja ("Land of Toraja"). [ 1 ] Most of the population is Christian, and others are Muslim or have local animist beliefs ...
v. t. e. Islamic funerary found at the Domvs Romana in Rabat, Malta – c. 11th century. Funerals and funeral prayers in Islam (Arabic: جنازة, romanized: Janāzah) follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to regional interpretation and variation in custom. In all cases, however, sharia (Islamic religious law) calls for burial ...
The procession during the state funeral ceremony of B.J Habibie (Third President of the Republic of Indonesia) at the National Heroes Cemetery, Kalibata, Jakarta Indonesian Prosesi pemakaman kenegaraan Alm. B.J. Habibie (Presiden Republik Indonesia ke-3) di Taman Makam Pahlawan, Jakarta
King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand died at the age of 88 on 13 October 2016 (B.E. 2559), after a long illness. A year-long period of mourning was subsequently announced. A royal cremation ceremony took place over five days at the end of October 2017. The actual cremation, which was not broadcast on television, was held in the late evening of ...
This is a list of dignitaries at the state funeral of John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, and his state funeral took place on November 25, 1963, in Washington, D.C. As President Kennedy lay in state, foreign dignitaries—including heads of state and government and members of royal families ...
A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. [ 1 ] Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.