is it really prohibited? the funerals i have been to would not let us see the lowering.
2006-12-23 04:00:22 · 13 answers · asked by ♣DreamDancer♣ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A lot of that depends on the Funeral Parlour and the family. I have been to funerals where the casket was lowered by the pallbearers with ropes, and the first handfuls of dirt thrown into the grave. I have also seen like you say, where the casket is merely set over the open grave on top of poles. I think that they don't let you watch the lowering or grave filling because now it is done with backhoes(machines) and that would kind of destroy the effect of it being sacred.
2006-12-23 04:07:11 · answer #1 · answered by Barabas 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't seen it prohibited. The last one I went to I know we watched the casket lowered. It was a traditional native american funeral. Very beautiful. Family members sang standard hymns in thier language for a long time to honor thier departed loved one.
2006-12-23 12:08:26 · answer #2 · answered by motherbear 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where do you live, but where I live, we accompany the casket until it is lowered and covered with soil. It is not prohibited to watch, in fact it is highly encouraged. I think that it is good to see the lowering and covering because it helps to accept the loss of a loved one.
2006-12-23 12:09:41 · answer #3 · answered by roxifoxiv 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
have seen the lowering of the casket and then placed a certain amount of dirt on top of the casket as a symbolic gesture before the grave is filled in
2006-12-23 12:05:26 · answer #4 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats weird, i think ive seen a few lowerings of the casket before, maybe it had to do with the person's last wishes?
2006-12-23 12:02:36 · answer #5 · answered by badferret 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
For some it's just too emotional. Plus it's not very ceremonial. (think of the equipment and such)
I stayed to watch my great Aunt be lowered. Too hard for everyone else. But I felt I should be there.
2006-12-23 12:08:12 · answer #6 · answered by <><><> 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I watched as someone that I had worked with got lowered into the ground.
2006-12-23 12:09:15 · answer #7 · answered by Life 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn`t know they were prohibited.Unless it`s at a veterans cemetery.Most family members do not want to see their family member being lowered into the ground.I went to 1 Jewish burial and everyone took a turn shoveling dirt into the hole
2006-12-23 12:05:14 · answer #8 · answered by lily 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the family didn't pay the fee to watch. In california is about $350.00. We lost a member in our family last month and that was the price.
2006-12-23 12:12:27 · answer #9 · answered by sergio o 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's weird. We usually push the button and watch them take the plunge.
edit: Me and the ferret were on the same wavelength.
2006-12-23 12:02:57 · answer #10 · answered by Atlas 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋