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Publication: USA Today Article Excerpt: So you think London, population 8 million, is crowded with the living? There are many millions more under the soil of a city that has been inhabited for 2,000 years. And London is rapidly running out of places to put them. Now the city’s largest cemetery is trying [...] Publisher: BBC News, Tokyo Article Excerpt: … The vast majority of Japanese are cremated. In a ceremony relatives collect the ashes, picking up pieces of bone with chopsticks, and placing them in a ceramic urn. The remains are then buried, usually under a family tombstone. But in the high-rise graveyard, the urns are stored [...] Publication: Telegraph.co.uk Article Excerpt: As millions of Chinese pause to honour their ancestors and tidy their graves this weekend at the annual Qingming, or “Tombsweeping” festival, the skyrocketing price of cemetery plots and funeral services has become a focus of national anger. “Too poor to live, to poor to die” is how one [...] Publication: Breaking News 24/7 Article Excerpt: LONDON – A survey has revealed that most Brits do not wish to be buried in a traditional plot, choosing unusual places such as a favourite holiday destination, a place from their childhood or even their own garden. Age Concern said being laid to rest in churchyard or garden [...] Publication: CTV News Article Excerpt: One of the hottest real estate offers in Halifax is slightly larger than a closet and six feet below ground. Fairview Lawn Cemetery, home to 121 victims of the Titanic disaster, is offering more than a thousand plots. The sale begins Saturday, but potential buyers like 76-year-old [...] Publication: The New York Times For the 120,000 who die every year in Moscow, finding a burial place has become a challenge. …Read the Full Story |
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