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  2. Pyre - Wikipedia

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    An Ubud cremation ceremony in 2005. A pyre (Ancient Greek: πυρά, romanized: purá; from πῦρ (pûr) 'fire'), [1] [2] also known as a funeral pyre, is a structure, usually made of wood, for burning a body as part of a funeral rite or execution. As a form of cremation, a body is placed upon or under the pyre, which is then set on fire.

  3. Urnfield culture - Wikipedia

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    Fortified settlements, often on hilltops or in river-bends, are typical for the Urnfield culture. They are heavily fortified with dry-stone or wooden ramparts. Excavations of open settlements are rare, but they show that large 3-4 aisled houses built with wooden posts and wall of wattle and daub were common. Pit dwellings are known as well ...

  4. Cremation - Wikipedia

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    Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning. [1] Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial. In some countries, including India, Nepal, and Syria, cremation on an open-air pyre is an ancient tradition. Starting in the 19th century, cremation was introduced or reintroduced ...

  5. Natural burial - Wikipedia

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    Chipboard requires glue to stick the wood particles together. Some glues that are used, such as those that contain formaldehyde, are feared to cause pollution when they are burned during cremation or when degrading in the ground. [citation needed] However, not all engineered wood products are produced using formaldehyde glues. Caskets and ...

  6. Antyesti - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Urn - Wikipedia

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    Funerary urns (also called cinerary urns and burial urns) have been used by many civilizations. After death, corpses are cremated , and the ashes are collected and put in an urn. Pottery urns, dating from about 7000 BC, have been found in an early Jiahu site in China, where a total of 32 burial urns are found, [ 1 ] and another early finds are ...

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