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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Funeral

A funeral is a ceremony marking a person's death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor. These customs vary widely between cultures, and between religious affiliations within cultures. In some cultures the dead are worshipped; this is commonly called ancestor worship. The word comes from the Latin funus, which had a variety of meanings, including ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia II - Funeral - Ancient funeral rites The most simple and natural kind of funeral monuments, and therefore the most ancient and universal, consist in a mound of earth, or a heap of stones, raised over the ashes of the departed: of such monuments mention is made in the Book of Joshua, and in Homer and Virgil. The place of burial amongst the Jews was never particularly determined. We find that they had burial-places upon the highways, in gardens, and upon mountains. We read, that Abraham was buried with Sarah, his wife, in the cave of Macphelah, in the field of Ephron, and Uzziah, King of Judah, slept with his fathers in the ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Embalming

Embalming, in most modern cultures, is the art and science used to temporarily preserve human remains to forestall decomposition and make it suitable for display at a funeral. It has a long history, and some cultures had embalming processes that had great religious meaning. Embalming - History of embalming. Embalming has been practiced in many cultures and is one of the earliest surgical proceedures humanity undertook. In classical antiquity, perhaps the Old World culture that had developed embalming to the ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Chasuble

The chasuble is the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for the celebration of the Eucharist among Western-tradition Christian churches that use full vestments, primarily the Roman Catholic Church and 'high church' congregations in the Anglican Church. In the Eastern rites, the equivalent vestment is the phelonion. The chasuble usually worn over an alb and cassock, or over a cassock-alb, and is generally made in a color determined either by the liturgical colour of the day, or by the particular service being celebrated (e.g. ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Art of Ancient Egypt

Image:Egypt nefertiti.jpg Ancient Egyptian arts is an art form which is five thousand years old and emerged and took shape in the ancient Egypt, the civilization of the Nile Valley. The ancient Egyptian art, expressed in paintings and sculptures, was highly symbolic and is equally fascinating — this art form revolves round the past which was intended to keep alive the history. In a narrow sense, Ancient Egyptian art refers to the canonical 2D and 3D art developed in Egypt from 3000 BC and used until the 3rd century.

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Cremation

Cremation is the practice of disposing of a corpse by burning. This often takes place in a crematorium or crematory. Cremation and burial are the main ways of final disposition of the dead. Cremation - Reasons for choosing cremation. People choose cremation for a variety of reasons, including religious reasons, other personal reasons, environmental reasons, and cost. For all these reasons, more and more people are choosing cremation. Cremation - Religious reasons in Pagan ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Burial

Burial, also called interment and (when applied to human burial) inhumation, is the act of placing a person or object into the ground. Usually, this is accomplished by digging a pit or trench, placing the person or object in it, and refilling it with the soil that was dug out of it. Objects are sometimes buried in order to hide them against removal or tampering. For cables and pipelines, burial provides protection and allows the ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Ancient monuments in Ujjain

Following is a list of ancient monuments in Ujjain. Ancient monuments in Ujjain - Temples. Bade Ganesh. This temple contains a huge artistic sculpture of Ganesha. Chintaman Ganesh. Chintaman means "the assurer of freedom from worldly anxieties". The Ganesh idol in this temple is supposed to be swayambhu - born of itself. The artistically carved pillars in the assembly hall date back to the Paramara period. Pir Matsyendranath. Excavations here have yielded artifacts ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Chinese Rites controversy

The Chinese Rites controversy was a dispute within the Catholic Church in the early 18th century about whether Chinese folk religion rites and offerings to the emperor constituted idolatry or not. Pope Clement XI decided in favor of the Dominicans (who argued that Chinese folk religion and offerings to the emperor were incompatible with Catholicism), which greatly reduced Catholic missionary activity in China. At the time, there was fascination among European intellectuals with Chinese culture, Confucianism, and the Chinese language. Some even pr ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Procession

A procession (M. Eng., processioun, Fr., procession, Lat., processio, from procedere, to go forth, advance, proceed) is, in general, an organized body of people advancing in a formal or ceremonial manner. This definition covers a wide variety of such progresses: the medieval pageants, of which the Lord Mayors show in London is the most conspicuous survival; the processions connected with royal coronations and with court ceremonies generally; the processions of friendly societies, so popular in Great Britain ...

Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Mantilla

A Mantilla is a triangular headscarf made of cloth or lace worn to cover the head of Catholic women while attending church or "Mass (liturgy)". Etymology: Spanish, diminutive of manta, cape. Mantilla - History. Mantillas are based on a commandment by Saint Paul found in 1 Corinthians 11:1-17. Like the ancient Israelites, Catholic women veiled themselves for religious purposes, and this veiling was encoded in Canon Law itself. The 1917 Code of Canon Law states: "...women, however, should be wi ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Tityas

In Greek mythology the minor figure of Tityas (more commonly Tityus), a Titan-like figure of unbridled lust, was the son of Elara, who was a "daughter of Orchomenus" (Apollodorus) and one of Zeus' many conquests. "Orchomenos" in this case might refer to a king of the name or merely to the city of Orchomenus in Euboea, which was one of the early centers of power and cult in archaic Greece, with many mythic connections to the older chthonic gods. In the later interpretations of Hellenic mythographers who were reinforcing the supr ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Anubis

Anubis, is the Greek name for the ancient god in Egyptian mythology whose hieroglyphic is more accurately spelt Anpu (also Anup, Anupu, Wip, Ienpw, Inepu, Yinepu, or Inpw). Prayers to Anubis have been found carved on the most ancient tombs in Egypt, indeed the Unas text (line 70) associates him with the Eye of Horus. Anubis - Lord of the dead. Originally, in the Ogdoad system, he was god of the underworld, and his name is frequently thought to have ref ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Candlemas

Candlemas is the last festival in the Christian year that is dated by reference to Christmas; subsequent holidays are calculated with reference to Easter, so Candlemas marks the end of the Christmas and Epiphany season. "Down with the rosemary, and so Down with the bays and misletoe ; Down with the holly, ivy, all, Wherewith ye dress'd the Christmas Hall" — Robert Herrick (1591-1674), "Ceremony upon Candlemas Eve" Candlemas - ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Atharvaveda

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Bajoran

Bajorans, a race of humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe, were introduced in the Next Generation series and played an integral part in the Deep Space Nine series. Captain Picard met and served with Bajoran Ro Laren, while Captain Benjamin Sisko served Starfleet near the Bajoran homeworld, Bajor, and worked with native Kira Nerys. Like many alien races on Star Trek, the Bajorans are amazingly human-like in appearance, but have a distinctive symmetrical facial feature—a slight wrinkle on the nose b ...

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Funeral - Ancient funeral rites: Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a term primarily used in religion and spirituality of a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. Members of every religion participate in pilgrimages. A person who makes such a journey is called a pilgrim. Secular and civic pilgrimages are also practiced, without regard for religion but rather of importance to a particular society. For example, many people throughout the world travel to the City of Wa ...