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  2. Death care industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The death care industry in the United States includes companies and organizations that provide services related to death: funerals, cremation or burial, and memorials. This includes for example funeral homes, coffins, crematoria, cemeteries, and headstones. [1] [2] The death care industry within the U.S. consists mainly of small businesses, [3 ...

  3. How Much Do Cremation Services Cost? - AOL

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    When planning a funeral for a loved one, or for yourself, cremation may be presented as an alternative to burial. In terms of the expense involved, the average cremation cost can range from $1,500 ...

  4. Funeral practices and burial customs in the Philippines

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    A funeral procession in the Philippines, 2009. During the Pre-Hispanic period the early Filipinos believed in a concept of life after death. This belief, which stemmed from indigenous ancestral veneration and was strengthened by strong family and community relations within tribes, prompted the Filipinos to create burial customs to honor the dead through prayers and rituals.

  5. Cremation - Wikipedia

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    Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning. Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial. In some countries, including India and Nepal, cremation on an open-air pyre is an ancient tradition. Starting in the 19th century, cremation was introduced or reintroduced into other ...

  6. Cremation in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Cremation in Christianity. Columbarium niches built into the side of St. Joseph's Chapel Mausoleum at the Catholic Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West (rural Dubuque ), Iowa. Cremation is a method used to dispose of the deceased in the Christian world despite historical opposition to the practice. Acceptance of the practice has grown over the past ...

  7. Service Corporation International - Wikipedia

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    Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5] [6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries.

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