My Funky Funeral

As we wrote last week, we knew that the late Dame Anita Roddick, would not let us down…

The environmentalist, humanitarian and pacifist’s funeral reflected the way she lived her life.

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Each man calls barbarism, whatever is not his own practice

Michel de Montaigne

Buddhists in Tibet believe that when a person dies, the soul leaves the body so there really is no need to keep the empty vessel.

Therefore, the body is given back to the land in the form of Tibetan Sky Ritual (or Excarnation).

The procedure takes place on a large flat rock in a specific location. A monk and several rogyapas (body breakers) will dismember the body, grind down the bones and flesh and then feed it to vultures.

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“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose…. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of time.
But it was a beginning.”
- Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time

Robert Jordan, famous author of the epic “Wheel of Time” fantasy series died Sunday afternoon after a long battle with a rare blood disease called amyloidosis. He was 58.

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Heaven’s gain is our loss, as we wave a fond farewell to the great Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti.

The great tenor lost his battle to cancer on Thursday at the age of 71, his funeral took place three days later at his hometown of Modena, Italy.

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It’s a sad sad week, when the world has to mourn all over again, a great hero and a beautiful heroine.

Ten years ago (where has the time gone, we ask ourselves), the world lost a princess of hearts, Diana Spencer. And only a year ago, the great king of the jungle, Steve Irwin, was taken from us.

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Man’s best friend be it dog, cat, hamster, rabbit or even horse are also being given the opportunity to go out in the style that best reflects the way they lived their lives.

Moscow’s first pet cemetery is not only giving owners the opportunity to cremate their beloved pets but also offering extra’s.

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