The death of somebody close to you can be a fairly tough task to deal with but it still requires you to make some very important decisions. Besides other things, you would need to decide if you wish for the deceased to be cremated or go through a traditional burial.
Cremation refers to the process wherein the mortal remains of a person are reduced to ashes either in a crematorium furnace or a crematory fire. The remains (ashes) are then normally placed in urns which can further be placed in one’s home, at a memorial site, emptied in a water body (a river, the ocean, etc), or buried. While some cultures look upon this option as apt, there are other cultures that prohibit this practice.
When it comes to what can be done with the remains after the cremation, different cultures and religions follow different things. Also, this would depend upon how religiously inclined the family in question is. An example of different practices being followed by different cultures includes the remains being buried or entombed by stanch Roman Catholics, and many other cultures take part in fairly complicated proceedings when it comes to handling the remains after cremation. This is why it is best that you consult your own religion’s proceedings before deciding what to do.
If one is to compare traditional burials with cremation, cremation does normally figure to be a cheaper method. While cost is generally not a factor when one is thinking of a dearly departed, one should remember that the costs involved in opting for a traditional funeral (in a casket) can turn out to be quite high especially for families that run on a tight budget. One more reason that many people prefer cremation is because being incinerated rapidly seems better than decomposing slowly within the casket. Besides, the caskets, embalming fluids, and other materials used in burials are known to contaminate the ground and ground water, and this factor is not a problem when it comes to cremation.
If you do wish to opt for cremation, you should ideally do your groundwork in advance, and more importantly, take the wishes of the deceased into consideration. If you can manage to look into these aspects, you shouldn’t really encounter any problems.
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Posted on May 30th, 2009 by Admin
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