Recent questions tagged burial

Description : Why are people buried on their backs, instead of on their sides or face-down?

Last Answer : So that their faces are turned towards heaven and the divine domain, not the earthly realm, and definitely not the depths of hell. __Source: my arse.__

Description : What is a burial by acclamation?

Last Answer : Maybe means Memorial by acclimation, which is singing.

Description : How do you feel about cremation as opposed to being buried in a coffin?

Last Answer : I once have been told that they are exactly the same, in that in both cases your remains burn away. Only the one way the burning goes much faster. To me, burying sounds more ‘romantic’, especially if i can be buried with my girlfriend (when it is her time, of course) and mine.

Description : Is cremation better for the environment than burial?

Last Answer : It's a trade off of the energy used in cremation vs. the land space for burial. It takes quite a few BTUs to reduce a human body to ash, but cemetaries also take up what would otherwise be ... my beloved is buried in the family plot,with 9 generations of my ancestors, that is my option as well.