q       Funeral and burial rites confirms and re-establishes religious faith which further affirms the hope of after-life for the beloved dead. 

q       Socially, funeral rites and burial ceremonies also announce the physical separation and departure of someone who belonged to a certain society or group.

SACRED PLACE OF BURIAL 

q       The role of a sacred burial place for the dead throughout history and across cultures is as a concrete form and expression of respect to the physical remains of the dead. 

q       It is also a definite act of relinquishing over the dead to a particular sacred place for its final resting place, a physical closure between the dead and loved-ones that confirms the physical separation between the living and the dead.