Death is an eventuality that people sometimes are required to plan for, in the event of a loved one's terminal illness or advanced age. It is a traumatic time for those involved, and practical arrangements may be neglected. However, once addressed, they prove to be expensive, and one of the most costly aspects is the deceased's physical burial. This is why many people choose to make use of an alternative to burial, cremation. Cremation is no less dignified, but it is much cheaper. The deceased's ashes are then placed in specially selected ceramic funerary urns.
There are reasons why burial is so much more expensive than cremation. One is that cemeteries in older settlements are reaching their capacity, or have already. Municipalities charge rates for graves, and sometimes also re-use older graves, making it impossible to be buried there for longer than the specified span of years. Then again, the family must carry the cost of erecting the gravestone.
Another factor is that the grave has to be maintained. Relatives do not necessarily want to participate in the grave site's continuous upkeep, or they are not always able to. Abandoning the grave of a loved one is not a wholesome prospect, since graveyards are notorious targets for vandalism and unsightly neglect. These are offensive to the dead person's memory.
Cremation is a less onerous method of disposing of the body. It can be performed in less than a day and is not as financially taxing on the family. Authorities place no restrictions on what relatives are allowed to do with the ashes, since the ash is not a threat to public health. Sometimes, the deceased leaves specific orders on how their ash is to be stored or disposed of. This typically revolves around a place that was important to them, such as their favourite sports team's home stadium. Their relatives would then sprinkle the ashes on the pitch in the stadium.
However, if there are no such orders, the family may decide to keep the ashes at home, in a funerary urn. The urn itself is significant, because it can be used as part of the mourning and remembrance process. It can potentially be any shape, colour or style, so it can be used to commemorate the person who has passed away.
If the deceased had a favourite sports team, the urn can be designed and painted to show that interest. This makes these urns material for artistic expression, with the input of the relatives, and they are also relatively inexpensive. The urn then turns into a personal and very positive tribute to the dead person and their personality.
Other unconventional uses of funerary urns are possible. People may bury valuable assets or money in the ashes, since the urn may not appear as important to burglars or thieves. In cases where the desired final resting place of a relative is a matter of dispute between family members, false ashes may be placed in the urn by either side.
Be that as it may, death is not the easiest occurrence to work through. Giving people the opportunity to personalise the grieving phase is an important feature of funerary urns, particularly where the family does not have the financial resources to institute a grave. Cost, then, is not a factor in remembering family and friends in an appropriate fashion.
There are reasons why burial is so much more expensive than cremation. One is that cemeteries in older settlements are reaching their capacity, or have already. Municipalities charge rates for graves, and sometimes also re-use older graves, making it impossible to be buried there for longer than the specified span of years. Then again, the family must carry the cost of erecting the gravestone.
Another factor is that the grave has to be maintained. Relatives do not necessarily want to participate in the grave site's continuous upkeep, or they are not always able to. Abandoning the grave of a loved one is not a wholesome prospect, since graveyards are notorious targets for vandalism and unsightly neglect. These are offensive to the dead person's memory.
Cremation is a less onerous method of disposing of the body. It can be performed in less than a day and is not as financially taxing on the family. Authorities place no restrictions on what relatives are allowed to do with the ashes, since the ash is not a threat to public health. Sometimes, the deceased leaves specific orders on how their ash is to be stored or disposed of. This typically revolves around a place that was important to them, such as their favourite sports team's home stadium. Their relatives would then sprinkle the ashes on the pitch in the stadium.
However, if there are no such orders, the family may decide to keep the ashes at home, in a funerary urn. The urn itself is significant, because it can be used as part of the mourning and remembrance process. It can potentially be any shape, colour or style, so it can be used to commemorate the person who has passed away.
If the deceased had a favourite sports team, the urn can be designed and painted to show that interest. This makes these urns material for artistic expression, with the input of the relatives, and they are also relatively inexpensive. The urn then turns into a personal and very positive tribute to the dead person and their personality.
Other unconventional uses of funerary urns are possible. People may bury valuable assets or money in the ashes, since the urn may not appear as important to burglars or thieves. In cases where the desired final resting place of a relative is a matter of dispute between family members, false ashes may be placed in the urn by either side.
Be that as it may, death is not the easiest occurrence to work through. Giving people the opportunity to personalise the grieving phase is an important feature of funerary urns, particularly where the family does not have the financial resources to institute a grave. Cost, then, is not a factor in remembering family and friends in an appropriate fashion.
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