The traditional funeral service—sombre, formal, and following rigid conventions—no longer resonates with many families seeking to commemorate their loved ones The post Creating Meaningful Celebration ...

That’s according to new research in the UK which shows Monty Python’s Always Look on the Bright Side is now the #1 most-played song at funerals. The silly song now tops traditional hymns The Lord is ...

It was a funeral two years in the making. The deceased had lain in a morgue in Greater Accra, Ghana, biding his time in icy torpor as plans were made for his final journey. There was financing to be ...

In a short video making the rounds on social media, several INEC staff members were seen bidding farewell to Yakubu at the commission’s headquarters, singing the Christian hymn traditionally used ...

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From Cork to Tralee, a new generation of first-time funeral directors is reshaping an old profession with compassion and skill Joe Twomey is among a growing number of first-generation funeral ...

The Denkyira Traditional Council has imposed a comprehensive ban on all funerals, noise-making, and public gatherings within the area, effective from Monday, September 22, 2025, to Friday, November 7, ...

The median cost of a traditional funeral with burial and viewing is about $8,300, according to a 2023 report from the National Funeral Directors Association, the most recent data available. Cremation ...

“We were just disposing of people. That’s what it felt like,” says undertaker Katey Houston. During the Covid-19 pandemic, over 1 million people died from January 2020 to October 2022 because of COVID ...