Grey F Cultural Crossword

5. Tibetan ritual where the deceased's body is offered to the vultures.
7. Ancient Egyptian preservation of a body through embalming and wrapping.
10. Freezing a body in hopes of future revival.
12. A now outlawed custom where a widow immolated herself on her husband's funeral pyre.
14. Tibetan recitation of sacred texts.
15. South Korean solution to lack of space, cremated remains are processed into ___.
16. Burning a body to ashes.
19. Ashes are kept in a functioning ___ to symbolize the passage of time.

1. Biodegradable pods that turn bodies into trees.
2. Irish/Scottish lamenting of the dead through poetic song or chanting.
3. Sacred monument ashes or remains are placed in in Buddhism Tibetan/Indian cultures.
4. Japanese custom to guide ancestral spirits.
5. Jewish custom, seven day mourning period observed by immediate family.
6. Vikings custom, body is set afloat, and sometimes on fire.
8. Color that mourners in Hindu and Chinese customs consider the color of death.
9. Flower associated with death in Mexican culture.
11. Buddhist prayers to guide the deceased's spirit.
13. New Orleans is known for ____ funerals.
17. Ashes are mixed into concrete to form underwater ____ that support marine life.
18. Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest custom of placing the body in a tree.