What Does Cremated Mean?

Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning. Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial. In some countries, including India and Nepal, cremation on an open-air pyre is an ancient tradition.

Why do people get cremated?

The key reasons why so many people are choosing cremation are: Separation of family across the U.S. (non-traditional family nucleus) Increasing acceptance of the cremation process in our culture. Eco-consciousness tendencies in consumers (don't want to take up precious land space with a traditional burial in a cemetery ...

What does it mean when someone is cremated?

: to subject to cremation especially : to reduce (a dead body) to mostly tiny bits of bones resembling ash through exposure to flame and intense heat followed by pulverization of bone fragments cremate a dead body.