Muslim Rituals
A strictly forbidden way to dispose of a corpse.
What is Cremation?
Strictly required to occur within 24 hours of death.
What is a funeral?
What is a burial?
The three locations where it is believed a soul will go after death.
What are Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory?
Wearing this colour to a Hindu wake would be deemed disrespectful.
What is Black?
Only these two colours are appropriate to wear to a Buddhist funeral.
What are black and white?
The strict time period in which a body must be buried.
What is 24 hours?
The deceased is dressed in a plain white garment made of this fabric.
What is linen?
Traditionally, funerals for the deceased are held here.
What is the Catholic church? What is a funeral home?
A blend of water, milk, honey, ghee and yoghurt are used for this preparatory rite.
What is cleansing?
The way in which Buddha's body was disposed of after death.
What is Cremation?
Placed in a grave and lying on its right side, the body must face towards this.
What is Mecca?
Keriah refers to close family members tearing a piece of their clothing or a black ribbon as a physical sign of this.
What is grief?
The place for the souls of those who have committed forgivable sins during their life times, and may be able to go to heaven.
What is Purgatory?
The location where a Hindu funeral is held.
What is the home of the deceased?
The span of time that Buddhists observe the mourning process.
What is 90 days?
The process of wrapping the body in simple white cotton sheets - 3 pieces for men and 5 for women.
What is shrouding?
What is Kafan?
The first stage of preparing a body for burial.
What is washing?
Used by the priest to honour the body of the deceased as a former temple of the Holy Spirit, to symbolise the community's prayers rising to God in heaven, and to act as a sacred sign of farewell
What is incense?
During the 10-13 day mourning period, immediate family of the deceased must avoid this/these.
What are temples?
What are social events?
The minimum amount of time that a deceased persons body must remain untouched after death
What is 4 hours?
Funeral attendees stand in rows, seeking God's mercy and forgiveness for the deceased.
What is the congregational prayer?
What is the Salat al-Janazah?
The immediate family of the deceased stays home for seven days to receive visitors, pray, and mourn without ordinary distractions, hence mirrors are often covered.
What is Shiva?
The part of a Catholic funeral where a final farewell to the dead is given from those in the community.
What is the "Final Commendation?"
Ancestral food offerings (pinda) are made to nourish and guide the departed soul toward this.
What are peace and reincarnation?
The highest state someone can attain, often thought to be reached in the afterlife.
What is Nirvana?