Death is a shared commonality of the human condition, yet the rituals that attend it vary significantly across cultures and religions. The one commonality is that while the nature of death itself does ...

Many people are looking for an affordable and practical solution when it comes to funeral planning. A pure cremation fulfils ...

Cremating dead bodies on open-air funeral pyres may soon be legal in Maine. A bill in the state legislature would allow designated sites in the state to conduct open air cremations—a funeral ritual ...

COREY GAFFNEY’S CREMATION MACHINES are very matter-of-fact — just two big metal boxes sitting side by side with two silver exhaust pipes rising up through the roof. Dramatic function, mundane ...

BANGKOK, Dec 21 (Reuters) - When two month old Bibeam died in November 2023, the temples in her district would not cremate her, considering her too young for such a ceremony. Instead she was buried ...