3 reasons why people prefer cremation to casket ground burial
Unlike how most Ghanaians are buried in the grave when they die, former Ghana Blackstars player, Junior Agogo’s dead body was burnt to ashes – cremated. This decision got a lot of people asking why the Agogo family would chose cremation to the normal Ghanaian practice of casketed ground burial? Well, Celebrities Buzz has found…
Unlike how most Ghanaians are buried in the grave when they die, former Ghana Blackstars player, Junior Agogo’s dead body was burnt to ashes – cremated.
This decision got a lot of people asking why the Agogo family would chose cremation to the normal Ghanaian practice of casketed ground burial?
Well, Celebrities Buzz has found some answers on the internet and has decided to share with you.
Below was what we found:
Today, roughly four of every 10 deaths in America involve cremation, which represents a significant increase in the past few decades.
There are many reasons contributing to why a growing number of people choose cremation versus the more traditional casketed ground burial, including greater religious acceptance, less adherence to family traditions, and an increasingly mobile society.
This article explores three significant aspects of cremation to help you decide if this form of final body disposition is right for you or someone you love.
Lower Cost
Cremation is generally less expensive than a “traditional funeral” — i.e., the casketed interment below ground of a deceased human following a visitation/wake and/or a religious or secular ceremony.
According to the National Funeral Directors Association, the national average cost of a funeral is $6,560, which includes a metal casket but not the cemetery plot, grave marker (headstone), or miscellaneous other costs, such as for flowers or obituaries. According to the Cremation Association of North America, the national average cost of cremation is $1,650, which includes “limited memorialisation services and a basic urn.”
Flexible Service Options
Because the human body begins a process immediately after death that eventually results in its decomposition unless it is professionally embalmed (which temporarily slows decay), a funeral or memorial service with the body present, as well as burial, occur relatively soon after death.
Since the immediate family usually needs to arrange the funeral and committal services, and to provide out-of-town loved ones and friends time to travel, services generally occur within four to 10 days after the death. (Religious tradition, the family’s wishes, and many other factors can impact the timing, however.)
Better for the Environment
Determining how “green” something is these days rests in the eye of the beholder. After all, a household that merely recycles aluminum cans might still consider itself green versus another household that uses solar power.
While not considered as eco-friendly as green burial or natural burial, or even alkaline hydrolysis, cremation has long been considered better for the environment since a traditional funeral usually involves the use of a formaldehyde-based embalming fluid, as well as the obvious need for land use when burying a casket or coffin.
According to the Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve in Newfield, New York, traditional ground interment in a United States cemetery results in the burial of 827,060 gallons of embalming fluid every year.
Unless you choose to hold a funeral or memorial service before cremating the deceased, you might not need the services of a professional embalmer. (And even if you do, refrigeration is a viable alternative.)
And many options concerning the cremated remains do not require any land use at all, such as keeping them in an urn in your home or scattering them in a meaningful location.
Even if you decide to bury the urn or place it in a columbarium, the amount of land required is still less than that needed to bury a casket or coffin.
Source: verywellhealth.com
