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    I can’t tell you how many times Doe Doe asked whose funeral we were at‚ but it never seemed to become easier to tell her that it was her beloved husband’s. Not only was I not allowed to sit with my parents‚ but unfortunately I had the chance to sit beside some stuck up distant cousin who didn’t even know Papa. The hardest part of this whole agonizing week was watching Doe Doe’s face throughout the funeral realizing over again whose funeral it was. Even though it was one of the hardest days of my

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    I’ve always wanted to know what a funeral home really looks like‚ TV pretty much has it pegged but I just never really realized how boring a funeral home really is. I mean sure‚ the stench of death follows you everywhere you go and the eerie feeling of dead bodies waiting to be buried is still there but there isn’t a shady old guy working there or spiderwebs consuming the walls. In fact‚ it pretty much looked like a grandmother’s house. Plastic covered furniture‚ wax flowers‚ and the lingering smell

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    The two rituals I picked are the western practice known as a funeral and the traditional practice known as the Nukil‚ or Hemmukuwin that is a mourning ceremony practiced by the Cahuilla‚ a Californian Native American tribe. In my culture‚ an experience of a funeral consists of first a wake the night before the service where close family and friends can look at the body and tell stories about experiences with the deceased. Then the next morning is the service that is pretty similar to a Christian

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    their twin’s funeral. They did not know each other‚ but the death of the one’s they held dearest brought them together. Aurum and Aura were twins‚ like many twins they were as close as the shore is to the ocean. Completely inseparable‚ it was like they were glued to each others side. Both stood far from the ground at six foot seven inches. This was extremely uncommon for a girl

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    The funeral was the prettiest thing. There was so many flowers and the bright colours. I recognized her clothing from the day she pulled all her saris out of her drawers. The smell of the candles burning took me to the India she had always talked about. It was

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    Jehovah’s Witness Funeral with Cremation: Is it allowed? Naturally‚ different religions have various views on the topic of cremation. Most believe that the bible does not specify whether it is right or wrong. For that reason and others‚ most religions have no objections to cremation. It provides a less expensive method of laying your loved one to rest. In these financially trying times‚ that is one reason it has become considerably more popular in recent years. But today‚ we will discuss Jehovah’s

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    Many people don’t think about their funeral ceremony or what they want it to be like. Death is a situation that is faced all over the world every single day. It is grieved and life is celebrated in many shapes and forms. Death to the Igbo people can result in a beautiful‚ vibrant celebration or a ceremony or recognition at all. Burial rites and traditions of the Igbo people are created around how the person has lived their life‚ roles of the family‚ and the ceremony. How a person lives their life

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    they can. Rome needs a ruler that can bring its hidden problems to light and deal with them accordingly. Marcus Antonius should be the new leader of Rome. Marc Antony is a persuasive man that has a way with words. Before he gives his funeral speech at Caesar’s funeral‚ he is told by Marcus Brutus that he cannot speak until Brutus is done‚ and that he must not say anything negative about the conspirators. However‚ he does name the conspirators as traitors: “Kind souls‚ what‚ weep you when you but

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    striking of Shakespeare is his command of language. In Mark Antony’s funeral oration for Caesar‚ we have not only one of Shakespeare’s most recognizable opening lines but one of his finest examples of rhetorical irony at work. The speech could serve as a thematic synopsis to Julius Caesar. One of the most important and significant parts in the play is the funeral speech given by both Brutus and Mark Antony. At first‚ the funeral speeches seem to have no true significant meaning. However in further

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    and let out blood curdling scream. "Hello?" Amanda tentatively whispered‚ the woman turned to reveal a clown like face. Amanda stared dumbly upon the realization that she was Ben’s sister. Nobody could understand why she failed to turn up to the funeral but now she knew

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