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BURIAL SERVICES
Traditionally, a burial service involves a information contained on the plaque,
visitation, followed by a funeral service however in most cases the plaques
in a church, or other place of worship. are a standard design.
The casket is typically present at both
these events, and it is your decision Mausoleum: A mausoleum is an ex-
on whether to have the casket open ternal free-standing building con-
or not. You have the option of having structed as a monument enclosing the
the remains interred (earth burial), or interment space or burial chamber of
it may be entombed in a crypt inside a deceased person or people. A mau-
a mausoleum (above ground burial). soleum may be considered a type of
Family or religious traditions are often tomb or the tomb may be considered
a factor for choosing burial. Decisions to be within the mausoleum. The most
need to be made on whether the body famous mausoleum is the Taj Mahal
needs to be embalmed, what kind of in India.
casket to use, what cemetery to use
and what to put on the gravestone. Columbarium: Columbarium walls are
generally reserved for cremated re-
Cemetery types mains. While cremated remains can
Monumental cemetery: A monumen- be kept at home by families or scat-
tal cemetery is the traditional style of tered somewhere significant to the
cemetery where headstones or other deceased, a columbarium provides
monuments made of marble or gran- friends and family a place to come to
ite rise vertically above the ground. mourn and visit. Columbarium walls
There are countless different types of do not take up a lot of space and it is
designs for headstones, ranging from a cheaper alternative to a burial plot.
very simple to large and complex.
Natural cemeteries: Natural cemeter-
Lawn cemetery: A lawn cemetery is ies, also known as eco-cemeteries
where each grave is marked with a or green cemeteries is a new style of
small commemorative plaque that is cemetery set aside for natural burials.
placed horizontally at the head of the They can be performed at any type
grave at ground-level. Families can of cemetery, they are usually done
still be involved in the design and the in a natural woodland area.
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