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A funeral oration or epitaphios logos (Ancient Greek: ἐπιτάφιος λόγος) is a formal speech delivered on the ceremonial occasion of a funeral. Funerary customs comprise the practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
Dr. Dinesh Prasad Saklani is the director of NCERT since 2022. [2] In 2023, NCERT constituted a 19-member committee, including author and Infosys Foundation chair Sudha Murthy, singer Shankar Mahadevan, and Manjul Bhargava to finalize the curriculum, textbooks and learning material for classes 3 to 12. [4]
Roger Casement was executed at Pentonville Prison in London on 3 August 1916 and buried in the prison grounds but his body was exhumed and given a state funeral in Dublin on 1 March 1965. [ 59 ] Deceased individuals who were either not identified or misidentified at the time of burial may be reburied if survivors so wish. [ 60 ]
Pericles's Funeral Oration (Perikles hält die Leichenrede) by Philipp Foltz (1852) [1] " Pericles's Funeral Oration " ( Ancient Greek : Περικλέους Επιτάφιος) is a famous speech from Thucydides 's History of the Peloponnesian War . [ 2 ]
The day of her funeral on April 19 was a National Day of Mourning. [429] Kenya: 9 Death of former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki: State funeral declared a public holiday, schools and most businesses were closed. [430] [431] [432] South Sudan: 3 [433] Tanzania: 2 National mourning from April 29 to 30. State flags lowered to half-mast. [434] [435 ...
Princess Diana’s funeral. As the most famous woman in the world, Princess Diana captivated people around the globe. So when her life tragically ended following a car accident in Paris on August ...
Class valedictorian Alem Hadzic delivered his graduation speech just hours after his father's funeral on May 16. High school valedictorian delivers poignant graduation speech hours after father's ...
Memory eternal [a] is an exclamation, an encomium like the polychronion, used at the end of a Byzantine Rite funeral or memorial service, as followed by the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches. It is the liturgical counterpart to the Western Rite prayer "Eternal Rest."