How can we recreate a burial rite that would be appropriate to that individual's era, religion and culture?
Posted June 21st, 2007 by Martin.Evans
HAD does not claim to know exactly what the reburial rites would have been for the ancient dead. The Recommittal Rite published on this website was put together as a source of inspiration and guidance for those carrying out such rites. Its essence is an acknowledgement of all we know of the era of the individual's life, their own death and interment, the context of and reasons for exhumation, and the present impetus for reburial. Bringing together all these elements allows for a ritual to be created that is relevant, expressing respect in the best way we know how, for the person being reburied and the spiritual needs of present communities.