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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.
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]
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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An estimated two million people attended Magsaysay's state funeral on March 22, 1957. [29] [30] [31] He was posthumously referred to as the "Champion of the Masses" and "Defender of Democracy". After his death, vice-president Carlos P. Garcia was inducted into the presidency on March 18, 1957, to complete the last eight months of Magsaysay's ...
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).
A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honour people of national significance. State funerals usually include much pomp and ceremony as well as religious overtones and distinctive elements of military tradition.