Funerary practices in different cultures A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with...

Look up funeral in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A funeral is a ceremony marking a person's death. Funeral may also refer to: The Funeral (1984 film)...

A funeral director, also known as an undertaker or mortician (American English), is a professional who has licences in funeral arranging and embalming...

state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honour people of national significance. State funerals usually...

A funeral home, funeral parlor or mortuary, is a business that provides burial and funeral services for the dead and their families. These services may...

Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It is the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis...

Mental Funeral is the second album by Autopsy, released in 1991 by Peaceville Records. All music by Autopsy. Lyrics by Chris Reifert – except track 5...

In some masonic jurisdictions, a masonic funeral is a rite afforded to Master Masons in good standing with their Lodges. Under extenuating circumstances...

Funerals and funeral prayers in Islam (Arabic: جنازة, romanized: Janāzah) follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to regional interpretation...

Funeral cosmetology, also known as mortuary makeup or restorative arts, sometimes known by the older name desairology, are activities related to the practice...

A living funeral, also called a pre-funeral, is a funeral held for a living person. It may be important to the person's psychological state and also that...

Death at a Funeral may refer to: Death at a Funeral (2007 film), a British comedy film Death at a Funeral (2010 film), an American remake of the 2007 film...

Funeral games are athletic competitions held in honor of a recently deceased person. The celebration of funeral games was common to a number of ancient...

and are therefore of great importance. A distinctive ritual unique to funeral rites is the offering of cloth to monks. This is known as paṃsukūla in...

The majority of funerals (葬儀, sōgi or 葬式, sōshiki) in Japan include a wake, the cremation of the deceased, a burial in a family grave, and a periodic memorial...

Purcell wrote funeral music that includes his Funeral Sentences and the later Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860. Two of the funeral sentences,...

World Funeral is the eighth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at The Abyss between September and November 2002...

A funeral march (marche funèbre in French, marcia funebre in Italian, Trauermarsch in German, marsz żałobny in Polish), as a musical genre, is a march...

Funeral strippers are exotic dancers, usually young women, who sing and dance and remove clothes at a funeral or in a procession to a funeral as a way...

The state funeral of U.S. President John F. Kennedy took place in Washington, D.C., during the three days that followed his assassination on Friday, November...

Norse funerals, or the burial customs of Viking Age North Germanic Norsemen (early medieval Scandinavians), are known both from archaeology and from historical...

period of official mourning, and the details of his state funeral. Planning for the King's funeral began almost immediately after Charles's accession to the...

The funeral tolling of a bell is the technique of sounding a single bell very slowly, with a significant gap between strikes. It is used to mark the death...

mortcloth or casket saddle) is a cloth that covers a casket or coffin at funerals. The word comes from the Latin pallium (cloak), through Old English. A...

Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave...

called funeral cars or funeral coaches. The name is derived, through the French herse, from the Latin herpex, which means a harrow. The funeral hearse...

"The Funeral of Hearts" is a song by the Finnish band HIM, released in 2003. It is the second track and first single from the album Love Metal. It is...

Space Funeral is an independently created role-playing video game and art game by Irish developer thecatamites, Stephen Gillmurphy. The short game was...

Funeral Mariachi is the eleventh and final studio album by American experimental rock band Sun City Girls, released on September 28, 2010 by Abduction...

Funeral potatoes (also great potatoes, cheesy potatoes, hash brown casserole, cheesy hash browns, those potatoes, or party potatoes) is a traditional...