Talk:Burial

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Can someone add something about the Western custom of burying corpses six feet deep? Does this signify anything and is it common in other cultures? thankx.

Just finished adding a ton of new info to this page. Some things still needing work:

• sectstubs on Burial of Animals.
• I used way too many nested lists. Got rid of most of them... are the remaining ones still too clunky?
• I'm sure I've missed some alternatives to burial. Can't think of any more offhand; I'm sure others can think of some. :-)

--Benc 04:31, Jul 23, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Urban legend? Scratch marks moved here from article

"Scratch marks have been found on the inside of coffins, attesting to the fact that unintentional live burials do occasionally occur in cases where the body has not been embalmed."

I seem to remember that these scratchmarks are an urban ledgend and are in fact proven to be caused by something else. While I don't doubt that unintentional alive burrial has happened I am not sure what to do about this, especially considering that I forgot where I read/heared about the scratchmarks being an urban ledgend. Anyone got a source for this? --Jpkoester1 June 29, 2005 01:33 (UTC)

[edit] The main image

I'm a little confused about the first image. Just think of it - a burial with fictional ceremony of a fictional character. I think this image should not greet the reader in an article on real world subject. But I should admit I have no replacement picture to offer.–Gnomz⁰⁰⁷(?) 08:23, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

"Walt Disney was cremated and the ashes buried in a secret location — Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery — one of many cemeteries that cater to the needs of famous dead people. " - LOL!!!!!! "Needs of famous dead people". ROFL!!

[edit] Burial in the Bahá'í Faith

With the help of Jeff3000 (thanks Jeff!) I made a draft on this subject:

Bahá'í burial law prescribes both the location of burial and burial practices and precludes cremation of the dead. It is forbidden to carry the body for more than one hour's journey from the place of death. Before interment the body should be wrapped in a shroud of silk or cotton, and a ring should be placed on its finger bearing the inscription "I came forth from God, and return unto Him, detached from all save Him, holding fast to His Name, the Merciful, the Compassionate". The coffin should be of crystal, stone or hard fine wood. Also, before interment, a specific Prayer for the Dead is ordained. The formal prayer and the ring are meant to be used for those who have reached fifeteen years of age.[1]

We are not sure where to put this in the Burial article, as there is only one sentence on Islam. We could break up this section, and put some parts in the "Where to bury" section, and some in "Prevention of decay". Wiki-uk 12:13, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

As there has been no reply until now, I have added the whole paragraph under 'Burial Practices'. Wiki-uk 12:18, 13 June 2006 (UTC)