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Funeral rites are part of the healing process after the death. They are for the living to come together about the departed person one last time.
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Do you mean 'why are last rights important to Caholics?'
If so, I believe that it is important to them to allow the person who is dying or recently dead to have the chance to ask God for forgiveness of their sins before they go to Him in judgment of their life.
Buddhists, from what I am told, believe that their 'funeral rites' by monks help to guide the spirit through a serious of temptations and into their next life or reincarnation.
**** Buddhists believe they can "make merit" for the departed and have ceremonies at given intervals after the burial - {100 days - 1 year and annually thereafter. They also have an annual ceremony for all the departed}******
I think that other religions may have started with similar reasons as these, but have transformed into a ceremony of honor and rememberance of the recently departed and a means for closure for the living.
but I could be wrong.
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∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoIt is very important because Hindus believe on soul exiting the body after death. Hindu tradition is to cremate the body. This will release the soul from this world so the soul is free to move in to the next world.
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Where Ophelia's funeral rites brief?
Yes.
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What has the author Kelvin K Mughogho written?
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