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Encyclopedia > Funeral (disambiguation)

A funeral is a ceremony marking a person's death. Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea A funeral is a ceremony marking a persons death. ...


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Funeral (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (123 words)
A funeral is a ceremony marking a person's death.
The Funeral, a 1972 Nebula-nominated novelette by Kate Wilhelm.
"The Funeral", a song written and recorded by Hank Williams and released under Williams’s pseudonym Luke the Drifter.
Funeral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4833 words)
Funeral services include prayers; readings from the Bible or other sacred texts; hymns (sung either by the attendees or a hired vocalist); and words of comfort by the clergy.
An old funeral rite from the Scottish Highlands is to bury the deceased with a wooden plate resting on his chest.
Another way of avoiding some of the rituals and costs of a traditional funeral is for the decedent to donate some or all of her or his body to a medical school or similar institution for the purpose of instruction in anatomy, or for similar purposes.
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