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  2. Wake (ceremony) - Wikipedia

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    A wake, funeral reception [1] or visitation is a social gathering associated with death, held before or after a funeral. Traditionally, a wake involves family and friends keeping watch over the body of the dead person, usually in the home of the deceased. Some wakes are held at a funeral home or another convenient location.

  3. Viewing (funeral) - Wikipedia

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    Viewing (museum display) Museum of Funeral Customs. In death customs, a viewing (sometimes referred to as reviewal, calling hours, funeral visitation in the United States and Canada) is the time that family and friends come to see the deceased before the funeral, once the body has been prepared by a funeral home. [1]

  4. Funeral - Wikipedia

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    At the visitation (also called a "viewing", "wake" or "calling hours"), in Christian or secular Western custom, the body of the deceased person (or decedent) is placed on display in the casket (also called a coffin, however almost all body containers are caskets). The viewing often takes place on one or two evenings before the funeral.

  5. Lying in state - Wikipedia

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    Philip IV of France lying in state Brazilian president Afonso Pena lying in state in the Catete Palace, 1909. Lying in state is the tradition in which the body of a deceased official, such as a head of state, is placed in a state building, either outside or inside a coffin, to allow the public to pay their respects.

  6. Roadside Picnic - Wikipedia

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    Roadside Picnic is set in the aftermath of an extraterrestrial event, the Visitation, which occurred simultaneously in several locations around the Earth over a two-day period. Neither the Visitors themselves nor their means of arrival or departure were ever seen by the local populations, who lived inside the relatively small areas, each a few ...

  7. Funeral practices and burial customs in the Philippines

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    In the Philippine wake for example, also known as a lamay, it is tradition that the family and friends hold the body of the deceased in a casket for 5 to 7 days for viewing; [42] this is patterned from the v'visitation practiced in American wakes, in which they host the deceased's body clothed and treated with various cosmetics in a funeral ...

  8. These Are the Best (and Worst!) Times to Visit Costco, Say ...

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    "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Costco is best known for its supersized pantry items and $4.99 rotisserie chickens.

  9. Japanese funeral - Wikipedia

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    The funeral proper, called kokubetsu-shiki (告別式), is usually on the day after the wake. The procedure is similar to the wake, and incense is offered while a priest chants a sutra. The ceremony differs slightly as the deceased receives a new Buddhist name (戒名, kaimyō; lit. "precept name") written in Kanji. This name is said to prevent ...