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A funeral procession in the Philippines, 2009. During the Pre-Hispanic period the early Filipinos believed in a concept of life after death. [1] This belief, which stemmed from indigenous ancestral veneration and was strengthened by strong family and community relations within tribes, prompted the Filipinos to create burial customs to honor the dead through prayers and rituals.
State funeral of Sir Robert Menzies: May 19, 1978 Australia: Melbourne ~100,000 [63] State funeral of Houari Boumédiène: December 29, 1978 Algeria: Algiers: State funeral of Park Chung-hee: November 3, 1979 South Korea: Seoul ~2,000,000 [64] State funeral of Josip Broz Tito: May 8, 1980 Yugoslavia: Belgrade ~700,000 [65] Funeral of Bobby ...
A state funeral was arranged for the following people on their deathbed on the respective date: Ahmad Ibrahim (21 August 1962) – Minister of Health and Labour. Yusof Ishak (23 November 1970) – 1st President of Singapore. Benjamin Henry Sheares (May 12, 1981) – 2nd President of Singapore.
A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honour people of national significance. State funerals usually include much pomp and ceremony as well as religious overtones and distinctive elements of military tradition. Generally, state funerals are held in order to involve the general public in a ...
Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino, the 11th President of the Philippines, died on August 1, 2009, at the Makati Medical Center in Makati of cardiorespiratory arrest after being in hospital since June 2009, and was first diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2008. The Aquino family declined an invitation by government to grant the former president a state ...
The burial of Ferdinand Marcos, a former Philippine President who ruled as a dictator for 21 years, [1][2][3][4] took place on November 18, 2016, at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (lit. 'Cemetery of (the) Heroes') in Fort Andres Bonifacio, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. [5] Marcos had been elected the 10th President of the Philippines in 1965 ...
Lying in state is the tradition in which the body of a deceased official, such as a head of state, is placed in a state building, either outside or inside a coffin, to allow the public to pay their respects. It traditionally takes place in a major government building of a country, state, or city. While the practice differs among countries, in ...
Italians on Wednesday bid farewell to TV tycoon and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi with a national day of mourning and a state funeral in Milan’s Duomo cathedral attended by top local ...