A Sociological Insight on Funerals and Death

Death can be a scary thing to think about. Alot of people fear death and are saddened by it. However there are other subcultures where people embrace death and try to understand it. Some say death is scary because it is going into the unknown. Most people do not know when they will exactly go, but there are other people who suffer serious illnesses that have a more exact time line of departing.

When you have lost a love one or family member it can definately be a griefing and sad time. It is apparant that in our world when someone dies there are many ceremonies and ways to remember that person. In some instances the person who has passed has written either a will or living trust that has their last wishes on how they want their funeral or ceremony to go. Some people may ask thier love ones to wear bright colors at their ceremony or funeral as a contrast to the orginal black attire that many people wear some funerals.

Unfortunately some love ones go unexpectedly and sometimes this brings great pain and sorrow for their loss. How do people remember someone they love? In a way I like to think of death instead of celebrating the person and who they were.

I heard somewhere that one of the reasons for a funeral or ceremony of a person is not only to remember who they were but in a way to remember how much love they gave and many people loved them back. The stories, songs, and pictures that are shared at funerals and cermonies for love ones that have passed can be a way of saying thank you for your life and what you gave.

There are many different ways people have passed, but there are also many different ways people are remember for their passing. There are some funerals where people a buried in a casket and go back to the earth. There are other ceremonies where people get cremated and their ashes get spread. There are funerals where people pray, cry, laugh, sing, and any other way to express love.

The most important thing that can be wished for at a funeral or memorial service is that the person who passed away was remembered for who they were. For at the end it is the person's peronality and love that really shows what kind of person they were. So how do you want to be remembered?

Again it can be a scary thing to think about, but is some ways it may be better to talk about it and face it. Some say coming to terms with death and facing it may be better than fearing it and running away from it.