“Lives are like rivers: Eventually they go where they

must. Not where we want them to.”

IT MEANS THAT death is inevitable, and all of the
human beings have agreed on that that’s why Every
society has created and practiced their own form of
remembrance and care of the dead.
But when it comes to the process of dealing the
dead person, burring it or dealing with the dead body
it depends on their beliefs or their religion.
For example, when someone dies we wash the dead
body and burry it immediately. nna lillahi wa inna
ilayhi raji'un”. This means “Verily we belong to
Allah, and truly to Him shall we return. And 40 days
after what is called the arbyin, When we gather in
these gatherings we recite quran and do good deeds
on the behalf of the dead person.

Christianity:
They believe in life after death, and Regardless of
where the service is held a priest or minister will lead
it. The service is usually carried out at a church,
and will include prayers, a sermon, readings, hymns
and sometimes music or poems. and at the funeral
the family may have a casket funeral and then burry
the dead or criminate it.
crying at a funeral is a normal part of many
cultures' traditions to express lamentation and
regret the person's death. It's also a sign of
respect and honor. Some cultures practice what's
known as a death wail. Which means lamenting the
dead person.

Madgascar:
for the Malagasy people of Madagascar, the spirit
can only travel into the afterlife when their body
has fully rejoined the earth and their bones have
turned to dust.
The Malagasy are the dominant ethnic group on the
African island of Madagascar,
It is a common belief in Malagasy culture that the
spirit does not immediately depart after death. So
long as the body remains, the spirit is still part of this
world. Accordingly, Malagasy families must care for
their loved ones and ancestors until they can pass
into the afterlife, when their body has rejoined the
earth.
So famadihana is a festival that is held for the dead
people that they bring out the dead in their tombs
and wrapping them in fresh shrouds
For a long time after death, sometimes generations,
loved ones must still be honoured and cared for.
And for the Malagasy people, this means throwing a
huge celebration to honour their dead known as
Famadihana. It is an occasion to give ancestors the
love, attention and care they need, until they are
able to continue their spiritual journey.
During this ceremony, family members may ask their
ancestors for blessings, share family news with
them, or tell stories about their life.
There will be plenty of food, live music and dancing.
Sometimes families will even dance with the bodies
of their ancestors, in a joyous celebration of the
people they love.
it is believed that the spirits of those who have died
love a good party just as much as the living.
Rather than pressuring themselves to ‘move on’
from grief, they instead embrace the idea that the
people we love will always be an important part of
our lives
tinguian funeral:
tinguian people of Philippine: The Itnegs believe in
life after death, which is in a place they call
maglawa. They take special care to clean and their
dead to prepare them for the journey to maglawa.
The dead person is placed in a death chair and
sometimes they give him a cigarrate and leave the
dead for some weeks to smoke there.