Celebration Of Life Ideas For Funeral Memorials
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Celebrating Their Life Instead Of Mourning Their Departure
You will find here many celebration of life ideas that people all over the world have used to prepare the funeral for their loved ones. But what is celebration of life in the first place?
Traditionally, mourning a person is a very somber, serious and sad activity. You know those black suit and dress funeral services with a church music that makes your heart cry, the quiet times spent at the open or closed casket of the deceased, and overall the heavy atmosphere that usually surrounds such an event.
Recently however there has been noticed a departure from this black doom and gloom activity in many cultures around the world. The African-American tradition is already different, and it has been for many years. Here people are joyful, laughing and happy overall.
This is because they are celebrating the life of the departed one, they remember the good things the person brought to their life, instead of mourning a loss.
Traditionally, mourning a person is a very somber, serious and sad activity. You know those black suit and dress funeral services with a church music that makes your heart cry, the quiet times spent at the open or closed casket of the deceased, and overall the heavy atmosphere that usually surrounds such an event.
Recently however there has been noticed a departure from this black doom and gloom activity in many cultures around the world. The African-American tradition is already different, and it has been for many years. Here people are joyful, laughing and happy overall.
This is because they are celebrating the life of the departed one, they remember the good things the person brought to their life, instead of mourning a loss.
Contents at a Glance
How to Plan a Celebration of Life Memorial
Are you ready to start celebrating life rather than mourning the loss of a loved ones? Then this book will help you prepare and plan a joyful memorial service.
How to Plan a Celebration of Life Memorial Instead of a Funeral: A Practical, Step-by-Step Guide to Planning A Respectful and Loving Memorial Service
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 05/30/2012)
The book tells you step by step what to do, when to do and how to do it. It helps you bring together the people who shared into the life of the departed person, and celebrate everything that the loved one meant to all. If you want a non-traditional memorial celebration, then this book is for you.
Jazz Funeral Traditions Links
- Jazz Funeral
- What Wiki says about jazz funerals
- The Jazz Funeral - A MulticulturalTradition
- One of the more distinguished aspects of New Orleans culture is the jazz funeral. Architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe noted in 1819 that New Orleans jazz funerals were "peculiar to New Orleans alone among all American cities."
- African Funeral and Memorial Traditions in America
- Despite enslavement and the suppression of African culture, many African Americans have maintained distinctly African funeral and memorial traditions based on the African belief that death is not the end of life, but a transition into an active spirit life.
- Funeral Traditions: The New Orleans Jazz Funeral
- Also known as a funeral with music, the jazz funeral begins as a relatively somber procession from the funeral home or church to the cemetery, then turns into an upbeat dancing parade after the cemetery service.
Planning a Celebration of Life, A Simple Guide for Turning a Memorial Service into a Celebration of Life
Planning a Celebration of Life, A Simple Guide for Turning a Memorial Service into a Celebration of Life
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 05/30/2012)
This is another great book that helps planning a celebrating life memorial for a departed one, in a warm, personal, caring and loving way. There are many creative ideas that help prepare the funeral in a way that helps dealing grief and keeping the memory of the deceased respectful and alive.
Say not in grief "he is no more" but live in thankfulness that he was
Hebrew proverb
Gypsy Funerals
Celebration Of Life Links For Gypsy Traditions
- Gypsy Funeral
- Gypsies celebrate a funeral because they believe the deceased is going to a better place, Bobby Marks said. They cry when a baby is born because a child is coming into a world of suffering.
- Gypsy customs including funerals
- All Gypsy tribes have customs and rituals regarding death. Spirits surround us all of the time. These spirits must be carefully guarded against, or combated by the use of spells and/or charms. For the Gypsy, death is a senseless, unnatural occurrence that should anger those who die.
- Gypsy funeral customs
- n homage to their dead matriarch and to centuries of their secretive culture, scores of Gypsies gathered over the past three days for a festive funeral -- feasting on fish and fruit, dancing to Dixieland jazz and drinking whiskey straight from the bottle.
- Gypsies
- A look at the life of gypsies, their traditions, customs, including funeral traditions
Parting Ways: New Rituals and Celebrations of Life's Passing
Parting Ways: New Rituals and Celebrations of Life's Passing
Amazon Price: $16.98 (as of 05/30/2012)
Parting Ways explores the emergence of new end-of-life rituals in America that celebrate the dying and reinvent the roles of family and community at the deathbed.
Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!
Barbara Hoffman
Celebration Of Life Ideas
Links That Give Ideas On Celebrating Life Memorials
- How to Personalize a Memorial Service
- Memorial services and life celebrations are really about love. You are taking the time and expressing and sharing the love that you felt for that person. It's important to celebrate but not at the expense of acknowledging that something important has been lost.
- Making Memorial Services A Celebration Of Life
- In Williams' research before starting the business, she found that a majority of people who had done a funeral for a family member felt dissatisfied with how traditional funeral services had gone, and that they felt pressured in their choices, especially if they hadn't pre-planned.
- Creative Funeral Ideas
- Even the most creative person can find it stressful when coping with a funeral. Trying to honor the memory of your beloved all into the space of one hour can be very overwhelming.
- Personalized Funeral or Memorial Service
- Integrating photos and personalized items into a funeral or memorial services
- Alternative Memorial Ceremonies
- A funeral service, whether you're hosting or attending one, is a way of processing grief and dealing with the transition of a loved one from life to death. Commiserating with others is one of the first steps of grief.
Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life and Death
Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life and Death (First Facts: Holidays and Culture)
Amazon Price: $3.33 (as of 05/30/2012)
Provides a brief description of what the Day of the Dead holiday is, how it started, and ways people celebrate it.
Day Of The Dead Celebration
The Day of the Dead, also called All Souls' Day, is a yearly celebration where the departed ones are remembered. This custom is mostly popular in Mexico, most of Latin America and some countries in Europe, especially in Easter Europe.
During this day (usually on November 2), people spend their time remembering their dead. Depending on the country, there are various celebrations held, however the commons points are these: people dress in somber clothes, have cakes and wine prepared, and go to the cemetery to tend to their dead by cleaning the headstones, placing flowers and candles, and giving wine and cakes (cookies) to the beggars who gather at the cemetery dead.
At home, in most countries they place an extra plate at the dinner table, with a lit candle, and many people put bread and wine in front of the plate. it is said that this is the day when the dead visit their loved ones one last time, before heading from Purgatory (where their souls were kept for purification) up to Heaven.
During this day (usually on November 2), people spend their time remembering their dead. Depending on the country, there are various celebrations held, however the commons points are these: people dress in somber clothes, have cakes and wine prepared, and go to the cemetery to tend to their dead by cleaning the headstones, placing flowers and candles, and giving wine and cakes (cookies) to the beggars who gather at the cemetery dead.
At home, in most countries they place an extra plate at the dinner table, with a lit candle, and many people put bread and wine in front of the plate. it is said that this is the day when the dead visit their loved ones one last time, before heading from Purgatory (where their souls were kept for purification) up to Heaven.
Day of The Dead Celebrations Around The World
- Wikipedia on the Day of the Dead Celebration
- This is the Wiki entry dedicated to the Day of the Dead in Mexico
- Day Of The Dead in Europe
- This is how Europeans (especially Hungarians) celebrate the Day of the Dead
- Day of the Dead Celebration in Mexico
- Another page devoted to the celebration of the Day of the Dead in Mexico
- History of the Day Of The Dead Festival
- This article takes a look at the history of the Day of the Dead celebration festival
"The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable."
Storm Jameson
Hauntingly Beautiful Hungarian Songs On Celebrating Life
Get A Glimpse Into The Hungarian Culture
Some songs are for celebrating the Day of the Dead, other are simply beautiful. Listen to them, enjoy and let me know what you think.
The story of the last song. Karthago was a famous and extremely popular Hungarian Rock band. A good few years ago, during a Karthago concert, a young man was trampled to death and died. This song is Karthago's remembrance ballad, dedicated to the life of this young man and his girlfriend who mourned him ever since (she was with him at the concert).
The story of the last song. Karthago was a famous and extremely popular Hungarian Rock band. A good few years ago, during a Karthago concert, a young man was trampled to death and died. This song is Karthago's remembrance ballad, dedicated to the life of this young man and his girlfriend who mourned him ever since (she was with him at the concert).
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VicDoke
Apr 16, 2012 @ 9:16 pm | delete
- Hello Marcia -
I am impressed at how much in-depth material you have on your lens here. I just began to build mine. It' in a related topic that I became interested in after we lost a couple family members who were not prepared financially. Their kids had to pick up the slack.
My wife and I decided we didn't want our kids to be placed in a similar situation and we began gathering info on Burial Insurance.
You lens looks like a great resource. I will remember it when I need it. (Hopefully not too soon).
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CanInsure
Nov 27, 2011 @ 9:14 pm | delete
- Thank you for reminding us that a funeral is a celebration of someone's life.
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Nov 3, 2011 @ 7:05 pm | delete
- Great job with a difficult subject. I've added a link to this page on my "Dawn" tribute lens. (Squidoo.com/Dawn).
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emmalarkins
Nov 2, 2011 @ 11:22 am | delete
- Great resources here. I think it's something we sometimes try and avoid thinking about it, but I think facing it head on is better.
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marciag
Nov 2, 2011 @ 1:57 pm | delete
- Emma, I guess I haven't even consider it that way. I didn't realize that for many people it is a subject that they try to avoid. Ever since I've been involved in the spiritual, paranormal and especially trying to learn about my past lives, I've become less afraid of death, and i consider it just part of life.
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karmicchristian
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- Nice lens! I guess each and every country has its own way of celebrating both the living and the dead. Cheers! :)
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