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Burial Services Lawn cemetery: A lawn cemetery is
where each grave is marked with a
small commemorative plaque that is
Traditionally, a burial service involves
a visitation, followed by a funeral placed horizontally at the head of the
service in a church, or other place grave at ground-level. Families can
of worship. The casket is typically still be involved in the design and the
present at both these events, and it information contained on the plaque, in
is your decision on whether to have most cases, however, the plaques are a
the casket open or not. You have the standard design.
option of having the remains interred
(earth burial), or it may be entombed Mausoleum: A mausoleum is an
in a crypt inside a mausoleum (above external free-standing building
ground burial). Family or religious constructed as a monument
traditions are often a factor for enclosing the interment space or
choosing burial. Decisions need to be burial chamber of a deceased person
made on whether the body needs to or people. A mausoleum may be
be embalmed, what kind of casket to considered a type of tomb or the
use, what cemetery to use and what tomb may be considered to be within
to put on the gravestone. the mausoleum. The most famous
mausoleum is the Taj Mahal in India.
Cemetery types
Monumental cemetery: A monumental Columbarium: Columbarium walls
cemetery is the traditional style of are generally reserved for cremated
cemetery where headstones or other remains. While cremated remains
monuments made of marble or granite can be kept at home by families or
rise vertically above the ground. scattered somewhere significant to
There are countless different types of the deceased, a columbarium provides
designs for headstones, ranging from friends and family a place to come to
very simple to large and complex. mourn and visit. Columbarium walls
do not take up a lot of space and it is
a cheaper alternative to a burial plot.
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