What's 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?

Most people see cremation as a way to return the body to nature. When someone gets buried in the ground, the decomposition process will get delayed. Instead of waiting, people find cremation empowering. Their ashes can get scattered and returned to the earth.

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.