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However, in 2009, the funeral of Roh Moo-hyun was held as a national funeral and that of Kim Dae-jung as a state funeral. This sparked controversy over the formality of the funeral, and the revision of the law in 2011 merged the two types of funerals into the state funeral (국가장).
State funeral of Sir Robert Menzies: May 19, 1978 Australia: Melbourne ~100,000 [67] State funeral of Houari Boumédiène: December 29, 1978 Algeria: Algiers: State funeral of Park Chung-hee: November 3, 1979 South Korea: Seoul ~2,000,000 [68] State funeral of Josip Broz Tito: May 8, 1980 Yugoslavia: Belgrade ~700,000 [69] Funeral of Bobby ...
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The Aquino family declined an invitation by government to grant the former president a state funeral. [1] Her funeral was held on August 5, 2009, and her body was buried at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque. She is the first woman and the second President and layman after Carlos P. García to have their wake at the Manila Cathedral. [2]
A funeral procession in the Philippines, 2009. During the Pre-Hispanic period the early Filipinos believed in a concept of life after death. [1] This belief, which stemmed from indigenous ancestral veneration and was strengthened by strong family and community relations within tribes, prompted the Filipinos to create burial customs to honor the dead through prayers and rituals.
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Death and funeral of Corazon Aquino; P. Funeral practices and burial customs in the Philippines This page was last ...
In the United Kingdom, state funerals are usually reserved for monarchs. The most recent was the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022. [5] A state funeral may also be held to honour a highly distinguished figure following the approval of the monarch and Parliament (of the expenditure of public funds). [6]