The complete interruption of burning the dead in Europe is still passed around. 500 years. Specifically, under the influence of an imperial decree and Christian notions of resurrection of the body in the further course of time is completely excluded the possibility of burning the dead.
Napoleon was legalized cremation of the dead by giving the equivalent meaning of the ritual and classic burial. Law did not find a higher response to persisting civil understanding, and due to lack of equipment for complete incineration of the dead.
Incineration or cremation of the dead, as the old way of removing the dead from the living environment, as well as inhumation or burial of dead bodies in the country or the tomb. Burning of the dead were in use in ancient Greek Homeric Age, the Etruscans, Romans, Celts, Germans and Slavs. In India according to religious rules are dead today and burned at the stake, while Japan called. flame graves.
In our region is to break the Celts (335 BC. Not) burning the dead rarely used, but in spite of the fact that the urns were found in a number of Illyrian necropolis - Glasinačka dry stone walls, old part of Vukovar, Buja castle in Istria. All are of about 500 BC. n. e.
Pulling comparisons we can conclude that we are in arrears of at least 50 years. Should be as soon as possible to work on changing the attitudes of people towards the manner of burial and interment of ashes, which would certainly be facilitated by a decrease in funeral costs below those for traditional burials.
At the present time appear on the new ideas, so to speak, bury the ashes and dispersed the ashes. This can be done by ash runoff the soil surface or sinking in water.
Candle
This tradition and overcrowding in Zagreb cemetery demanded a proper solution: all domestic and overseas experiences have suggested cremation technology, and as complex as crematoria should have been discreetly down the best selected location in Crlena Jarek, also in Mirogoj. The competition was obtained copyrights idea of ??Zagreb architects (Hržić Krznarić and Mance), when the crematorium was finally built, according to a harmonious complexity of modern architectural expression and traditional inspiration.
laying flowers
The origins and development of modern cremation
History of the ceremony of burning the dead and bury the ashes
burial
planting flowers
However, in
times where the Inquisition burned means a penalty or discrimination in the persecution of witches and heretics, this idea has not met with positive response.
Cleaning the grave
Although we are not able to perform an act of remembrance, we can decorate a home worthy of remembrance. Take, therefore, points to the opportunity to use our skills.
burning candles
Zagreb crematorium and urn of Gaius
Possibility
There were
many ideas and proposals of structures and procedures for the cremation. Among his other proposals were made and Dr. Brunetti from Rovinj, and prof. Richter in Dresden. Their suggestions, however, could not meet generally accepted requirements defined by Dr. Kchenmeister from Dresden, and apply today. According to his definition of combustion technology will be:
- Quickly and completely burn up and upepeliti dead body,
- Meet the ethical and technical moments,
- Completely off all the unpleasant consequences for the environment and the combustion products
- Provide full gathering of the remaining white powder.
Everybody want these places to be nicely decorated and maintained. Sometimes, people live nearby and have a considerable amount of time and access to such act independently in the time you choose.
There are actually opposing views on the extent of burning the dead in the southern Slavs. While some sources claim that this practice was not common, from a description of the siege of Constantinople, the Byzantine 626th vol. learned that the Avari their fallen soldiers were buried, cremated and the Slavs.
Under the influence of Celtic culture, usually the burning of the dead, so that by the time the arrival of Romans in the area, it is possible to find a graveyard with a nearly therefore arson. Roman dominance over the area (9 BC. Not) did not yield major changes. Specifically, the Romans used both ways burial of the dead.
final resting place
Prominent scientists and scholars have come, to encourage prenapučenošću church cemetery due to infectious diseases and plagues that are often decimated the population, again at the thought of burning the dead. Among the first to renewal of the ceremony the second half XVII. century advocated Naldi Mattia, a doctor and a secret adviser to Pope Alexander VII.
Resistance was significantly reduced after the Roman Council held 1964th year in which the Catholic Church expressed tolerance towards incineration. The heaviest and largest remaining resistance is still the traditional understanding of the funeral in the nation.
maintenance of the graves
organization of funerals
The first, which is able to meet these principles, was Dr. Siemens, which is for your furnace won First Prize at the open competition of the Academy of Lombardy in Milan 1872nd year, which is already four years after it was made and Europe's first crematorium. That same year, the crematorium was built in Washington. In Gotha 1878th crematorium was opened with a more perfect acting (so-called Siemens-Reclam's stove).
maintenance of graves
In his classic accept poverty Burial (inhumaciju) as a way of burial. Also, according to their faith in the resurrection of the body (which is wrong, because the body is only one of the state of mind) is not acceptable to the destruction of bodies by burning.