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FUNERAL CUSTOMS
FUNERALS IN MEXICO TAKE PLACE IN THE HOME OF THE DECEASED, THE
CASKET IS CLOSED, AND FRIENDS OF THE DECEASED AND HIS/HER FAMILY
VISIT, STAYING AWAKE THE WHOLE NIGHT. THE PERSON IS BURIED THE
FOLLOWING MORNING.
Submitter comment:
DUE TO HEALTH LAWS, THIS PRACTICE IS DYING OUT, BEING REPLACED BY
FUNERAL PARLORS AND CUSTOMS SIMILAR TO OUR OWN.
Where learned: MEXICO ; CIUDAD VALLES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1977