Home›Funerary Rituals›Obligation›ObligatoryBrowse ByObligatoryThis page groups rituals by whether performing them is a required duty or a voluntary devotion. Wikipedia notes that "for daily prayers, practicing Muslims must perform a ritual recitation from the Quran in Arabic while bowing and prostrating." Browsing this way lets a visitor separate a mandatory rite from one an adherent may choose to observe or not.FactsLearn MoreObligatorySourcesComments (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.ObligatoryFilter Results15 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1500 (2)-1000 (4)200 (3)1873 (1)FrequencyAllAnnual (1)As the occasion requires (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (13)Life Stage MarkedAllDeath and the disposal of the body (8)Mourning after the funeral (4)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (15)Social FormAllPerformed alone (2)Performed by a gathered group (11)Practice StatusAllAccess restricted by its custodians or by law (1)Living tradition, practised today (4)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (2)Householders, those living in the world (7)Lay people (2)Trained or authorised specialists (4)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (5)Ancient Rome (1)Greece (1)Indian Subcontinent (2)Persia (1)Punjab (1)Holds ElementAllFire (1)TraditionAllBeta Israel (1)Breslov Hasidism (6)Chabad-Lubavitch (6)Conservative Judaism (1)Haredi Judaism (6)Hasidic Judaism (6)Karaite Judaism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (6)Orthodox Judaism (6)Reconstructionist Judaism (1)Reform Judaism (1)Originated InAllAncient Israel (5)Ancient Rome (1)Greece (1)Indian Subcontinent (2)Persia (1)Punjab (1)Originates In LanguageAllHebrew (1)Kind of ritualAllGeneral Funerary Practices (2)Hindu Funerary and Ancestral Rites (2)Jewish Mourning Rites (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 15Antam SanskarObligatoryAntyeshtiObligatoryBahá’í FuneralObligatoryBurialObligatoryCremationObligatoryDakhma Exposure (Tower of Silence)ObligatoryKriahObligatoryProthesis and EkphoraObligatoryRoman FunusObligatoryShemiraObligatoryShivaObligatoryShloshimObligatoryShraddhaObligatorySorry BusinessObligatoryTaharaObligatorySources1. 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.