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I've been to numerous Catholic funerals where the casket is suspended above the grave. Often, after all the graveside prayers are said, the funeral directors will hand each person a flower from the funeral sprays toplace on top of the casket prior to leaving. Generally, with the Catholic funerals they tend to wait until everyone has left to lower the casket and bury it. Someone from the funeral home is required to stay until the deceased is completely buried. I have heard that is a state law, but have no actual knowledge of that.
I was at a Jewish funeral where the casket was owered into the ground during the servce and then the males in attendance buried the casket. That was a bit disconcerting, but not totally unbearable.
My grandmother was Byzantine Catholic, and when she died her casket was placed into the grave, and each fmaily member had to throw a shovelful of dirt onto it. I will never forget the sound of that dirt hitting the casket. Eerie....
I live across the street from a non-denominational cemetery, so I have seen many interesting burial rituals. The gravedigger always comes and parks his trailer in front of my house and drives the backhoe across the street. When my in-laws died, each time I remember thinking as he pulled up "he's here to dig our hole this time". Kind of weird too, although I do like having my in-laws close by.
I was at a Jewish funeral where the casket was owered into the ground during the servce and then the males in attendance buried the casket. That was a bit disconcerting, but not totally unbearable.
My grandmother was Byzantine Catholic, and when she died her casket was placed into the grave, and each fmaily member had to throw a shovelful of dirt onto it. I will never forget the sound of that dirt hitting the casket. Eerie....
I live across the street from a non-denominational cemetery, so I have seen many interesting burial rituals. The gravedigger always comes and parks his trailer in front of my house and drives the backhoe across the street. When my in-laws died, each time I remember thinking as he pulled up "he's here to dig our hole this time". Kind of weird too, although I do like having my in-laws close by.
