Scattering Ceremonies
Scattering Ceremonies
At scattering ceremonies the bereaved celebrate the deceased's return to nature and mourn their final parting with the deceased. Although the Grave-Free Promotion Society (GFPS) provides a basic ceremonial framework, it is the volunteers and the bereaved working together who produce an ash-scattering ceremony. This chapter examines the making of a ceremony at the GFPS. It considers the role played by ceremonial directors, the usual sequence of events involved in a ceremony, and how variations are created. It shows that participants and producers of a scattering ceremony often make sense of it by partially reconciling the new practice with conventional mortuary practices.
Keywords: ash-scattering ceremony, death rites, mortuary practices, interment, Grave-Free Promotion Society
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