“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”
Oscar Wilde
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A friend of mine lost her mother to cancer a few weeks ago, after a long bout with the illness. My question is what is the procedure, culture, custom and ritual pertaining to death, bereavement, and loss here? In other cultures they sing songs, reminisce, joke, cry. Have the wake one day, funeral next day, sometimes same day(with respect to religious convictions). The times I did see Dominican funerals they were televised or recorded. I recognize crying obviously. To my eye their emotional response appeared to be staged for the camera so I didnt know if people actually behave that way or they are capturing dramatic effect.
What is the procedure for the wake? And then the interment? Is it moderated by religious ritual or cultural one?
If they do sing songs, what songs do they sing? What are the normal dirges? Any examples? I dont think they would do "Amazing Grace" would they? Is there a eulogy? And who eulogizes? Where is the wake normally? Funeraria, Home or Iglesia? Pall-bearers?
Oscar Wilde
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A friend of mine lost her mother to cancer a few weeks ago, after a long bout with the illness. My question is what is the procedure, culture, custom and ritual pertaining to death, bereavement, and loss here? In other cultures they sing songs, reminisce, joke, cry. Have the wake one day, funeral next day, sometimes same day(with respect to religious convictions). The times I did see Dominican funerals they were televised or recorded. I recognize crying obviously. To my eye their emotional response appeared to be staged for the camera so I didnt know if people actually behave that way or they are capturing dramatic effect.
What is the procedure for the wake? And then the interment? Is it moderated by religious ritual or cultural one?
If they do sing songs, what songs do they sing? What are the normal dirges? Any examples? I dont think they would do "Amazing Grace" would they? Is there a eulogy? And who eulogizes? Where is the wake normally? Funeraria, Home or Iglesia? Pall-bearers?