Sentence examples for funeral rite from inspiring English sources

Although other forms were practiced, the main funeral rite of the rich was cremation.

The final samskara to be performed for a man is the antyeshti, the funeral rite.

It visits parties, crowded bars and restaurants and observes a Muslim funeral rite.

I think my father is still vengeful about the fact that his last funeral rite has not been carried out.

The sheer size, the colour, the mournful sound: all are hinting at the funeral rite and the death knell.

And that was something I was thinking through the writing of both my Japan books – the drum beat that sounds like a death ritual, a funeral rite".

Two Buddhist priests offered funeral rites.

I was removed from all the funeral rites".

Arrangements had been made to conduct simultaneous funeral rites and incinerate the bodies side by side.

In funeral rites several different phases are discernible during the period between death and burning.

One of the peculiarities of Baltic funeral rites was their similarity to wedding ceremonies.