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  2. Funeral practices and burial customs in the Philippines

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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.

  3. Cremation - Wikipedia

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    The appearance of cremated remains after grinding is one of the reasons they are called ashes, although a non-technical term sometimes used is "cremains", [60] [61] a portmanteau of "cremated" and "remains". (The Cremation Association of North America prefers that the word "cremains" not be used for referring to "human cremated remains".

  4. Balikbayan box - Wikipedia

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    Balikbayan boxes may contain items the sender thinks the recipient would like, regardless of whether those items can be bought cheaply in the Philippines, such as non-perishable food, toiletries, household items, electronics, toys, designer clothing, or items difficult to find in the Philippines. [15] A balikbayan box intended for air travel is ...

  5. USPS Haunted By 452 Packages Of Unidentified Cremated Remains

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    The Postal Service has one parcel of ashes that has been there since 2015. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...

  6. Disposal of human corpses - Wikipedia

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    The disposal of human corpses, also called final disposition, is the practice and process of dealing with the remains of a deceased human being.Disposal methods may need to account for the fact that soft tissue will decompose relatively rapidly, while the skeleton will remain intact for thousands of years under certain conditions.

  7. Burial at sea - Wikipedia

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    Peter Lawford (1923–1984), actor, cremated and ashes originally buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery; they were later removed and scattered in the Pacific Ocean; Rock Hudson (1925–1985), cremated ashes scattered; Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988), cremated, and ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean [31]

  8. Can you scatter ashes anywhere in Kentucky? What state law ...

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    KRS 367.97524 defines a scattering area or garden as “an area which may be designated by a cemetery and located on a dedicated cemetery property where cremated remains which have been removed ...

  9. 18 decomposing bodies found at Georgia funeral home; owner ...

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    Bodies found at Georgia funeral home were there for months, reports say. Douglas Now reported that Johnson, who ran for county coroner earlier this year and lost, was relocating his business to a ...