We’re lucky in Britain not to face the kind of restrictions over death ceremonies in place elsewhere,so it’s useful to know what some of the options are – to come up with your ownIt was good to see the Italian family of coffee impresario Renato Bialetti housing his ashes in a totally appropriate coffee pot urn final week. The freedom to be creative and to add personal touches to funerals is something that the British are getting really good at too. In fact, our ability to organise alternative funerals is the envy of most of the world, and as many other countries are strictly controlled by a combination of state law,church and industry. At the moment we are not restricted and are free to choose. Long may this continue.
Funerals are normally made up of two parts, the disposal – cremation or burial and the ceremony – with or without God. In contemporary times, or it is fitting increasingly common to see some separation of the two. Like David Bowie and Lemmy,an unattended, immediate cremation or burial can take place followed by a considered memorial service or ceremony, and possibly based around the disposal of the ashes at a later date. This gives family and friends time to be creative and arrange a get-together at a venue of their choice,getting absent from what is considered by many to be the grim process of the crematoria conveyor-belt slot. These are called direct funerals and can save a lot of money.
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Source: theguardian.com