Home›Funerary Rituals›Frequency›Once, or at a turning point in a lifeBrowse ByOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeThis page groups rituals by how often they are performed, from a once-in-a-lifetime rite to one repeated on a fixed cycle. Wikipedia notes that "calendrical rituals give social meaning to the passage of time, creating repetitive weekly, monthly or yearly cycles." Browsing by frequency lets a visitor tell an annual festival apart from a rite performed only once in a person's life.FactsLearn MoreOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites performed at and after a death - preparation of the body, disposal by burial or cremation, and the observances kept for a fixed period afterwards. Nearly every tradition marks death by rite, but the rites answer different problems: the fate of the dead, the pollution of the living, the obligations of descendants, and the ordering of grief. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe funerary rituals This group gathers funerary rituals, the rites surrounding death, the care of the body, and the passage of the dead: burial and cremation, mourning, and the ceremonies that ease or guide the deceased into the afterlife. A tradition's treatment of death reveals much of its view of the soul and the world beyond. The browser will find funerary rituals from across the traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and meaning, noting the beliefs about death and the afterlife that shape it.Once, or at a turning point in a lifeFilter Results33 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1500 (2)-1000 (3)200 (3)622 (2)725 (1)1150 (1)1800 (1)1870 (1)1873 (1)Life Stage MarkedAllDeath and the disposal of the body (18)Dying and the deathbed (3)Mourning after the funeral (4)ObligationAllObligatory (13)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (2)Optional and voluntary (2)Recommended and meritorious, not required (3)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (31)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (2)Social FormAllPerformed alone (2)Performed by a gathered group (14)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (4)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (10)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (5)Clergy or ordained officiants (8)Householders, those living in the world (8)Initiates only (1)Lay people (2)Monastics: monks and nuns (3)Trained or authorised specialists (6)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (5)Ancient Rome (1)Arabia (3)China (2)Egypt (1)Greece (1)Indian Subcontinent (1)Japan (1)Persia (1)Punjab (1)Rome (1)Tibet (1)Vietnam (1)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (1)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1)Amish (1)Anglican Communion (1)Anglicanism (1)Armenian Apostolic Church (1)Baptist (1)Beta Israel (1)Breslov Hasidism (6)Calvinism (Reformed) (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (6)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1)Church of Cyprus (4)Church of England (1)Church of Greece (4)Church of Ireland (1)Church of Scotland (1)Church of Sweden (1)Church of the Nazarene (1)Conservative Judaism (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (1)Disciples of Christ (1)Dutch Reformed Church (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (4)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (4)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1)Free Methodist Church (1)Georgian 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Arabic (2)Kind of ritualAllAncient Egyptian Mortuary Rites (1)Buddhist Funerary Tradition (1)Christian Funerary Tradition (3)Classical, Norse and Mesopotamian Funerary Rites (1)General Funerary Practices (3)Hindu Funerary and Ancestral Rites (1)Islamic Funerary Tradition (2)Jewish Mourning Rites (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 33Antam SanskarOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeAntyeshtiOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeBahá’í FuneralOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeBuddhist Funeral RitesOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeBurialOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeCremationOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeDakhma Exposure (Tower of Silence)Once, or at a turning point in a lifeForty-Nine Day RitesOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeFuneral RitesOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeGhusl al-MayyitOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeGongdeOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeItutuOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeKriahOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeLast RitesOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeLatter-day Saint FuneralOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeMummificationOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeNorse Ship BurialOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeOrthodox Christian FuneralOnce, or at a turning point in a lifePamsukulaOnce, or at a turning point in a lifePanikhidaOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeProthesis and EkphoraOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeRoman FunusOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeSalat al-JanazahOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeShemiraOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeShinsosaiOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeShivaOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeShloshimOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeSky BurialOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeTaharaOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeTalqinOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeViaticumOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeVietnamese Ancestral Funeral RitesOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeWufu Mourning GradesOnce, or at a turning point in a lifeSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Funeral RitesView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.