Scattering Of Ashes
Whenever a member of a family or close friend dies, the people who are left behind will be faced with many challenges. Some of which will deal with the resting place of such individual. If such individual have chosen to be cremated, then they have to decide on what to do with the ash. In most cases, the family will decide not to keep the cremated remains of a loved one. Instead of that they may choose ash scattering, which would be done via ash scattering ceremony. Your client might have questions regarding the appropriate procedure of ash scattering. General guidelines which will allow you to assist such families are stated below.
One of the biggest challenges when it comes to cremation is that the remains are similar in texture and weight to the ash which comes off the wood in a fire. This will make people believe that whenever they are scattering ash, the remains will be dispersed in the wind easily. However, this is wrong because the consistency of cremated remains will be like sand.
It is also crucial for you to communicate to your client about how and where to scatter ashes because this is a crucial and irreversible decision. It is crucial for your client to think ahead and spend some time to ensure that they won't regret their decision later. For instance, access to the scattering site could be restricted in the future because of commercial development or private ownership. Another challenge about scattering ashes is the legality in some locations. Most land which is public does not require any permission for scattering while private property does. In most cases a warning will be issued but there are some cases when such individual will be fined if the ashes are scattered inappropriately.
During the burial at sea ceremony, you can decide to scatter the ash of your loved ones in a unique and meaningful way. And when it comes to ash scattering, there are various methods which can be employed:
Casting: This involves the tossing of the cremains into the wind. This can be done by an individual or a group; however, it is crucial to ensure that the wind is blowing so as to avoid unpleasant consequences. Most of the ashes will be filled with sand, but some parts are also fine in texture which will be carried by the wind easily.
Raking: This kind of scattering can be done at home, but is mostly used in scattering gardens that are now located in many cemeteries. Raking involves the scattering of the ashes by friends and families on the ground after which they will be raked into the earth.
Trenching: In this case the ashes are buried in a shallow trench. The first thing is that a trench will be dug after which ash will be placed inside, it will be covered at the end of the ashes at sea ceremony. A slight variation of this can be done on a beach where the ceremony ends with the tide coming in so as to wash the cremains out to the sea.
Ringing: So as to do this, the client would poor a ring which is made of ashes around a given object (some families usually do this around a tree). Another way by which this can be done is to make a ring and then have members of the family as well as close friends to step inside the ring in order to share the story of the deceased.
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Submitted on: 2018-03-16 22:36:18