Death is an eventuality that people sometimes are required to plan for, in the event of a loved one's terminal illness or advanced age. It is a traumatic time for those involved, and practical arrangements may be neglected. However, once addressed, they prove to be expensive, and one of the most costly aspects is the deceased's physical burial. This is why many people choose to make use of an alternative to burial, cremation. Cremation is no less dignified, but it is much cheaper. The deceased's ashes are then placed in specially selected ceramic funerary urns.
Burial is expensive for more than one reason. To start with, there is limited space in cemeteries these days. Municipal authorities allow burial there only if a fee is paid. Then there is also the cost of the tombstone. Some cities and towns do not even permit perpetual tenure of the grave site, but recycle the graves after a set number of years.
Tending to the grave is another issue. Graves which have become dilapidated or those which have been desecrated are an eyesore in the public environment and a slight to the deceased's memory. However, some families cannot physically maintain the grave, or have no intention of doing so. They would therefore rather cremate the body and bury or store the ashes.
Cremation, on the other hand, is a far simpler procedure. It is relatively quick, and it is cheaper. Since the remaining ashes pose no threat to hygiene, the family is allowed to do with them as they please. Some people issue specific instructions in this regard, such as casting the ashes into the sea or some other place of sentimental value.
If the deceased has not left behind any such instructions, people often keep the ashes in an urn. The design of the urn can then be incorporated into the overall process of tribute to the relative. An urn can be made in any design or have any decoration, so it is a personalized memento of the person whose ashes it holds.
If the deceased had a favourite sports team, the urn can be designed and painted to show that interest. This makes these urns material for artistic expression, with the input of the relatives, and they are also relatively inexpensive. The urn then turns into a personal and very positive tribute to the dead person and their personality.
Other unconventional uses of funerary urns are possible. People may bury valuable assets or money in the ashes, since the urn may not appear as important to burglars or thieves. In cases where the desired final resting place of a relative is a matter of dispute between family members, false ashes may be placed in the urn by either side.
Ultimately, the death of someone close is not easy to go through. The creative and permanent solution offered by cremation and urns is available to those who cannot afford a physical grave. They too may make the lasting tribute to their loved one that a grave represents.
Burial is expensive for more than one reason. To start with, there is limited space in cemeteries these days. Municipal authorities allow burial there only if a fee is paid. Then there is also the cost of the tombstone. Some cities and towns do not even permit perpetual tenure of the grave site, but recycle the graves after a set number of years.
Tending to the grave is another issue. Graves which have become dilapidated or those which have been desecrated are an eyesore in the public environment and a slight to the deceased's memory. However, some families cannot physically maintain the grave, or have no intention of doing so. They would therefore rather cremate the body and bury or store the ashes.
Cremation, on the other hand, is a far simpler procedure. It is relatively quick, and it is cheaper. Since the remaining ashes pose no threat to hygiene, the family is allowed to do with them as they please. Some people issue specific instructions in this regard, such as casting the ashes into the sea or some other place of sentimental value.
If the deceased has not left behind any such instructions, people often keep the ashes in an urn. The design of the urn can then be incorporated into the overall process of tribute to the relative. An urn can be made in any design or have any decoration, so it is a personalized memento of the person whose ashes it holds.
If the deceased had a favourite sports team, the urn can be designed and painted to show that interest. This makes these urns material for artistic expression, with the input of the relatives, and they are also relatively inexpensive. The urn then turns into a personal and very positive tribute to the dead person and their personality.
Other unconventional uses of funerary urns are possible. People may bury valuable assets or money in the ashes, since the urn may not appear as important to burglars or thieves. In cases where the desired final resting place of a relative is a matter of dispute between family members, false ashes may be placed in the urn by either side.
Ultimately, the death of someone close is not easy to go through. The creative and permanent solution offered by cremation and urns is available to those who cannot afford a physical grave. They too may make the lasting tribute to their loved one that a grave represents.
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