funeral pyres
Burning the dead
Funeral pyres are structures, typically of stacked wood, on which a corpse is burned as part of a cremation ritual.
The practice is ancient and continues in some cultures, particularly Hindu tradition, where bodies are burned on open pyres along sacred rivers.
Figuratively, funeral pyre suggests destruction by fire or the end of something: The company's reputation went up on a funeral pyre of its own making.
- cremationBurning the deceased
- ashesBurned matter's residue
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- sandalwoodAromatic wood from tropical trees
- Hindu ritualsReligious ceremonies of India's oldest faith
kindling · fire · death rites · last rites · purification · transformation · tribal customs · ancient India · wood · archaeological sites · Varanasi · Ganges River · rebirth · ancestral worship · sacred fire · eternal flame · ritual fire · liberation
- VikingsViking, longships, longship, raiding, Norse settlers
- burial customsburial, burial rites, burials, burial customs, tombs
- GangesGanges, Ganges River, Ganges Delta, Varanasi, Benares
- Pashupatinathtemple complex, pilgrims, devotees, holy men, tridents
- VaranasiVaranasi, Benares, Kashi, Ganges, pilgrims
- tombstombs, burial vault, burial chamber, mausoleum, graves
funeral pyresburial
Placing deceased underground
earth burial · interment · embalming · mummification · entombment
funeral pyrescradles
Rocking infant beds
maternity wards · incubators · nurseries · delivery rooms · fertility rites
funeral pyreschristening
Ceremony naming a child
baptism · bris · baby showers · wedding ceremonies · celebrations of life