Difference between Burial Services and Funerals

Different options are there when we talk about disposing the dead body and according to their users; all of them are equally good. 

They are totally different from each other and here in this post; we will try and find out the differences between burial services, cremation and funeral.

What Are The Main Differences?

According to the experts, the key difference between these methods that burial services and cremation services are the two methods of disposing the body. 

But on the other hand, there are funeral services that, according to experts involve honouring the deceased and celebrating his life and thanking you for everything that he did or his presence.

Burial Services-

• According to those offering burial services near me, this is a process in which the dead body is placed inside the ground with a number of other things that he loved or used the most.

• A ceremony is organised prior to burial at the church that the family has faith in and if the burial ground is attached to it, the burial process can take place right there only.

• In a majority of cases, the body is placed inside a biodegradable casket before it is lowered into the ground and once it settles on the base, it is covered using earth.

• In cultures such as the Egyptians, the deceased is buried with all the comforts that the person would need in their afterlife.

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Funeral-

• In this ceremony, the deceased is remembered, honoured and thanked and the family and friends accumulate to celebrate the life that the deceased lived.

• The way, the life of the deceased is celebrated differs culture to culture, belief to belief and religion to religion, but the difference is not too much.

• Some offers their prayers while some pray for the peaceful departure of the soul and other rituals include religious readings, burning of the body, mummification or even bone picking.