New Funeral/Memorial Traditions & Remembrance Practices
As long as people have lived, they have also been dying, leaving the survivors to figure out ways of disposing of their dead. This section explores some of the common and the more unique practices surrounding death, final memorial or funeral services, burial options and remembrances. Included are some of the current trends in funeral care and creating new traditions.
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Deed for the Pious Transfer of His Holiness John Paul II - Rogito
The Rogito or the "Deed for the Pious Transfer of His Holiness John Paul II" is an official record of the Pope’s life and most important works of the deceased pontiff. This is the English translation of the Deed for the Pious Transfer of His Holiness John Paul II, that was read at the funeral service.
The Rogito or the "Deed for the Pious Transfer of His Holiness John Paul II" is an official record of the Pope’s life and most important works of the deceased pontiff. This is the English translation of the Deed for the Pious Transfer of His Holiness John Paul II, that was read at the funeral service.
Uono's Cocooon: Award Winning Designer Coffin
The Uono Cocoon sleek design looks like a futuristic version of a coffin, reminiscent of the photon torpedo coffin used to bury Spock in Star Trek II and Star Trek III. The 2006 Grand Prize winner of the Bottom Line Design Awards was created by designer Andreas Spiegel to replace the traditional casket. This unique biodegradable inspired design seems more like a modern sculpture to display than a casket for burial or cremation.
The Uono Cocoon sleek design looks like a futuristic version of a coffin, reminiscent of the photon torpedo coffin used to bury Spock in Star Trek II and Star Trek III. The 2006 Grand Prize winner of the Bottom Line Design Awards was created by designer Andreas Spiegel to replace the traditional casket. This unique biodegradable inspired design seems more like a modern sculpture to display than a casket for burial or cremation.
Atlantis: City for Eternity - An Alternative Final Resting Place
The Atlantis Memorial Reef is a new alternative resting place, located off the coast of Miami, Florida. Plans for the project include a memorial garden for cremated remains, a large man-made reef, a destination for divers and explorers, and a place for commemorating mankind's accomplishments.
The Atlantis Memorial Reef is a new alternative resting place, located off the coast of Miami, Florida. Plans for the project include a memorial garden for cremated remains, a large man-made reef, a destination for divers and explorers, and a place for commemorating mankind's accomplishments.
Père-Lachaise Cemetery - A Place of Repose and Poetry
About's Guide to Paris for Visitors, Courtney Traub takes you on a tour of this historic Parisian Cemetery, the final resting place of Chopin, Proust, Colette, and Jim Morrison. The cemetery is called la cité des morts--the city of the dead--by Parisians.
About's Guide to Paris for Visitors, Courtney Traub takes you on a tour of this historic Parisian Cemetery, the final resting place of Chopin, Proust, Colette, and Jim Morrison. The cemetery is called la cité des morts--the city of the dead--by Parisians.
Lights Out Enterprises - Creating Meaningful Experiences to Remember
This real-life business was founded on the basis for a novel, "The Funeral Planner." The company helps people plan their own funerals, prepare unique, personalized life celebrations by designing and producing memorable celebrations that honor the recipient while alive or after the lights have gone out.
This real-life business was founded on the basis for a novel, "The Funeral Planner." The company helps people plan their own funerals, prepare unique, personalized life celebrations by designing and producing memorable celebrations that honor the recipient while alive or after the lights have gone out.
Everest: The First Nationwide Funeral Planning and Concierge Service
Demonstrating one of the new innovative approaches to funeral care, Everest is an independent consumer advocate that provides you and your family with funeral planning and concierge services to prepare for and deal with a funeral.
Demonstrating one of the new innovative approaches to funeral care, Everest is an independent consumer advocate that provides you and your family with funeral planning and concierge services to prepare for and deal with a funeral.
Uono Cocoon Coffin
From a German startup company Uono comes the ultimate in caskets--a sleek high-design, biodegradable oval coffin. Their goal is to reinterpret the traditional coffin design. Every coffin is manufactured by hand. The Uono Cocoon Coffin was the 2006 Grand Prize winner of the Bottom Line Design Awards.
From a German startup company Uono comes the ultimate in caskets--a sleek high-design, biodegradable oval coffin. Their goal is to reinterpret the traditional coffin design. Every coffin is manufactured by hand. The Uono Cocoon Coffin was the 2006 Grand Prize winner of the Bottom Line Design Awards.
Atlantis Memorial Reef and Reef Project - A City for Eternity
Promising to be the "City for Eternity," the Atlantis Memorial Reef and Reef Project is now under development off the coast of Miami, Florida. Plans for the project include a memorial garden for cremated remains, a large man-made reef, a destination for divers and explorers, and a place for commemorating mankind's accomplishments.
Promising to be the "City for Eternity," the Atlantis Memorial Reef and Reef Project is now under development off the coast of Miami, Florida. Plans for the project include a memorial garden for cremated remains, a large man-made reef, a destination for divers and explorers, and a place for commemorating mankind's accomplishments.
Afterlife Services - Arranging for Transition to the Afterlife.
One of the "newest and most unique offerings of transition options for whatever lies beyond this world." Afterlife Services offer economical, ecological and emotionally settling opportunities for the transitioning of cremated remains. This is the company behind the Atlantic Memorial Reef and Atlantic Reef Project.
One of the "newest and most unique offerings of transition options for whatever lies beyond this world." Afterlife Services offer economical, ecological and emotionally settling opportunities for the transitioning of cremated remains. This is the company behind the Atlantic Memorial Reef and Atlantic Reef Project.
An Undersea Graveyard for Boomers who Swim
An article and link to the video clip from MSNBC on Florida developer, Gary Levine's plans to create Atlantis, a memorial city where people can have their final resting place for their cremated remains be placed on an artificial reef.
An article and link to the video clip from MSNBC on Florida developer, Gary Levine's plans to create Atlantis, a memorial city where people can have their final resting place for their cremated remains be placed on an artificial reef.
Death Won't Stop Baby Boomers from Being Smart Consumers
From MSNBC an informative report looks at many of the costs associated with funerals. The article points out that consumers are entitled to an itemized price list of the funeral, have the right to opt for an immediate burial or cremation without a ceremony, to refuse embalming or even to provide their own caskets.
From MSNBC an informative report looks at many of the costs associated with funerals. The article points out that consumers are entitled to an itemized price list of the funeral, have the right to opt for an immediate burial or cremation without a ceremony, to refuse embalming or even to provide their own caskets.
It's My Funeral and I'll Serve Ice Cream if I Want To
An article from the New York times examining the changing trends in funeral planning among members of the baby boom generation. Not content to quietly make an exit, the baby boom generation are changing the ways that funerals and memorials for themselves and their parents are being planned by thinking outside of the traditional planning boxes.
An article from the New York times examining the changing trends in funeral planning among members of the baby boom generation. Not content to quietly make an exit, the baby boom generation are changing the ways that funerals and memorials for themselves and their parents are being planned by thinking outside of the traditional planning boxes.
Laurence Hutton Collection of Life and Death Masks
The Laurence Hutton Collection of Life and Death Masks was started in the 1860's by the American scholar and author, Laurence Hutton (1843-1904). The Collection was later bequeathed to the University of Princeton in New Jersey where it is now housed.
The Laurence Hutton Collection of Life and Death Masks was started in the 1860's by the American scholar and author, Laurence Hutton (1843-1904). The Collection was later bequeathed to the University of Princeton in New Jersey where it is now housed.
Virtual Tour of The Cemetery of the Pere-Lachaise: A Place of Memories
"To go to the Pere-Lachaise, it is to go on a journey in a world strange and attractive where art and nature are linked to create a harmony and invites the meditation, the daydream..." This famous cemetery is the burial site of authors, writers, musicians including Jim Morrison, Jacques-Louis David, Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, Frederic Chopin, Isadora Duncan and Gertrude Stein.
"To go to the Pere-Lachaise, it is to go on a journey in a world strange and attractive where art and nature are linked to create a harmony and invites the meditation, the daydream..." This famous cemetery is the burial site of authors, writers, musicians including Jim Morrison, Jacques-Louis David, Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, Frederic Chopin, Isadora Duncan and Gertrude Stein.