Muslim Undertakers of East London
In a recent article in the independent journal, Roads & Kingdoms, Liana Aghajanian takes a close look at the world of London's Muslim undertakers.
Category: Funeral Customs
The funeral selfie is back in the news.
Last August we explored the topic of the funeral selfie in our article, Should you snap that funeral selfie? Now MTV News is looking at the topic.
Personalization in funerals takes off.
According to the National Funeral Director's Association, it's the baby boomers who are driving the current trend toward more personal funerals. "Baby boomers see funerals ...
The Man Who Saves Graves – How John Fogerty, Bonnie Raitt and a former vintage guitar dealer named Skip Henderson helped preserve Mississippi’s Blues
Mississippi is red dirt, green fields, crumbling small towns and looping muddy rivers overhung by thick forest, like mini Amazons, but if you take a ...
National Museum of Funeral History Breathes Life into Death
It may sound a bit odd to hear the word vibrant used to describe a museum dedicated to the display of funeral artifacts. However, once ...
Should you snap that funeral selfie?
When a photo taken at a memorial service for Nelson Mandala by Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was published last December, it caused quite a ...
Descansos pay tribute to dead, comfort to mourners
You have probably seen them as you drive down the highway, white crosses surrounded bouquets of flowers, stuffed animals, and photographs. Or perhaps you spot a ...
Funeral home updates facility to match new customs
According to the National Funeral Director’s Association (NFDA), a group that tracks trends in the funeral industry, there are several significant changes that are driving ...
In a City of Extremes, Who is New Orleans Most ‘Extremely Embalmed’ Corpse?
This weekend in New Orleans was Jazz Fest and we know about jazz funerals, but what about 'extreme embalming' funerals?
What I Was Thinking About As She Died
There are two things I will always remember about my grandmother’s death. One is the way her arms and legs chilled immediately but her forehead ...
Seven Death-themed Museums to Visit in 2014
From a bulletproof hearse for the Pope to an exhibit on how to build a guillotine to the conjoined liver of Chang and Eng, the ...
On 50th Anniversary of JFK’s Funeral, the President’s Personal Archbishop, the Man Who Walked the Riderless Horse and Others Reminisce
Fifty years ago today, a million people lined the streets of Washington D.C. to watch a funeral procession like none the nation had ever seen ...
Interviews Before Execution – The Chinese TV Show That Was Just Too Good
One episode features a handcuffed man in khaki pants and an orange vest, flanked by two guards. The prisoner is condemned to die for murdering ...
Best Halloween Costume Ever – Pants Made Out Of Your Dead Friend’s Skin
As far as we know, there is just one pair of intact necropants left on earth and they are locked behind glass at the Museum ...
