At my little country parish, we do burials in-house, including preparing the body. The friends of the deceased get to grieve by washing them, building their coffin, digging the grave, singing the funeral, lowering them by hand, and burying them.
After doing this, I can't imagine giving the body of a loved one to a funeral director to be burned.
At my little country parish, we do burials in-house, including preparing the body. The friends of the deceased get to grieve by washing them, building their coffin, digging the grave, singing the funeral, lowering them by hand, and burying them.
After doing this, I can't imagine giving the body of a loved one to a funeral director to be burned.