Cremation system in Nepal

Cremation System in Nepal

Today’s civilized human society is well aware of the word ‘funeral’ which literally means- ‘a ceremony, usually a religious one, for burying or cremating (= burning) a dead person’.

When the ancient people started to lead a social life, the necessity of proper disposal of the corpse considered and various customs of funerals developed. It may be due to respects for the beloved departed ones or the other reason must have been the intolerable odour and havocking sight of the decomposing dead body which could have left the remaining family members disgusting. The pattern of practices may differ due to the variation in the society in terms of ecological, economical, religious, political, cultural aspects.

Cremation was already known to the Europeans in the year 1000 BC and was believed to have been introduced to them by the Greeks. With the rise of Christianity, they found again the sentiments of their religion. A revival of interest in cremation in Europe, USA again took place in 1874, when the surgeon of Queen Victoria Sir Henry Thompson published his influential book” Cremation”: The treatment of the body after death.”

Kinds of Funeral:

1.                      Immersion in running water (water burial).

2.                      Exposing in open Place.

3.                      Burial

4.                 Cremation