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The funeral pyre of Chan Kusalo (the Buddhist high monk of Northern Thailand) at Wat Chedi Luang, Chiang Mai, Thailand The tiered funeral pyre of Burmese Buddhist Monk at Pa-Auk Village, Mon State. Traditionally, pyres are used for the cremation of the dead in the Hindu and Sikh religions, a practice which dates back several thousands of years. [3]
"Funeral Pyre" is The Jam's thirteenth single released on 29 May 1981. Backed by the B-side " Disguises ", a cover of a Who track, it reached No. 4 in the UK singles chart . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Both manual bamboo wood pyres and electric cremation are used for Hindu cremations. [19] For the latter, the body is kept on a bamboo frame on rails near the door of the electric chamber. [ 20 ] After cremation, the mourner will collect the ashes and consecrate it to a water body, such as a river or sea.
Compositions created specially for funeral use or as a memorial to a deceased person or persons. Settings of the requiem mass can be found in that subcategory. Subcategories
Manikarnika Ghat, a shmashana ghat at Varanasi, India. As per Hindu rites of Nepal and India, the dead body is brought to shmashana for the ritual of antyesti (last rites). At the cremation ground, the chief mourner has to obtain the sacred fire from one who resides by the shmashana and light funeral pyres (chita) for a fee.
Funeral pyres displaying plastic waste. There are three funeral pyres measuring 8 feet long, 3 feet wide and 3 feet high. [3] Each of these pyres is made of 26 kg of single use plastic, equivalent to the average amount of plastic waste generated by one Indian citizen annually [citation needed].
The stately, mournful piece was played at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral in April 2021, as well as the procession to the lying in state of the Queen Mother and the funeral of King Edward VII.
The song was written in 1878; the lyrics were written by Anton Arkhangelsky, and the musical arrangements were made by Nikolay Ikonikov. [2] During the funeral of the Bolshevik Nikolay Bauman, a student orchestra joined the procession near the St. Petersburg Conservatory, playing "You Fell Victim to a Fateful Struggle" repeatedly. [1]