burial rite
Death send-off ritual
A burial rite is a ceremony or ritual performed when disposing of a dead body, whether by interment, cremation, or other means.
Burial rites vary widely across cultures and religions but typically serve to honor the deceased, comfort the living, and mark the transition from life to death: The tribe's burial rites lasted three days.
- funeralService honoring the dead
- graveSerious and worrying
- coffinBurial container for remains
- open casketFuneral with visible remains
- mourningPeriod following loss
mourning period · ceremony · shroud · cremation · funeral pyre · interment · eulogy · tombstone · death · dust to dust · procession · cemetery · ashes · pyre · casket · vigil · dirge · flowers
- funeralsfuneral, cremation, casket, coffin, funeral homes
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- folk customsfolk dances, folk customs, folk costumes, folk traditions, folk medicine
- ritualsceremony, sacrament, blessing, prayer, baptism
- ancient riteshuman sacrifice, animal sacrifice, blood sacrifice, burnt offering, burnt offerings
- Church Ritesbaptizing, Holy Communion, christening, Lord's Supper, adult baptism
burial ritebirth ceremony
Rite marking new life
christening · baptism · bris · welcoming ceremony · birth celebration
burial ritedesecration
Violating something sacred
cremation ceremony · sky burial · unmarked grave · sea burial · mass grave
burial ritememorial service
Event honoring the deceased
celebration of life · yahrzeit · remembrance ceremony · wake
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