the funeral parlor is responsible for the organization of funeral (funeral) and for the bread-winner in the first steps to be carried out following the loss of a expensive being.

When a death occurs, the close relations of late call upon a mortician, who will determine with those the mode of burial, the model of coffin to be used, the date of the funeral, etc the role of the mortician will be also to realize what is made call the somatic care: i.e. a funeral toilet, the preparing and presentation of late with the family. Where necessary, the mortician will appeal so a Thanatopracteur care of conservation or a restoration is necessary.

Then, the late one is dealt with and, in the majority of the cases, is presented to the close relations in a death chamber located in an health care center (place of 80% of the deaths), that is to say in a funerary room pertaining to a company, the residence of late or in the old people's home (regarded as being the residence of late).

Since the law n°93-23 of January 8th 1993, the French have a total freedom of choice for the company. The funerary monopoly and its drifts had been denounced by the European authorities. For information, companies exercised with profits these mandates. Example: in 1997, company GFH was the 33e undertaken French most profitable, with rate of profitability of 20,41% (source: the Echoes ).

The day of the funeral, the late one either is buried (in a vault or in open ground), or incinerated. In the second case, ashes can be dispersed, placed in a ballot box cinéraire or, in certain cases, distributed to the close relations in manner symbolic system.

Difference with the trade of grave-digger

One should not confuse the concepts of undertaking and grave-digger. The grave-digger is an communal employee or of a company which is in load of the management and the maintenance of a cemetery. Its role is limited to the opening and the closing of the pits and the caveaux one.

The same applies to the concepts of death chamber and funerary room . A death chamber (amphitheater) is a room, within the framework of the hospitals, the private clinics and sometimes in the old people's homes, which are intended to accommodate the late ones between their death and the catch of load by a funeral parlor. The funerary room (always located at the outside of the health care institutions) is the place where possibly the late one rests before funerals, if the death took place in the residence or on the public highway.

Rites by country

The funerary rites vary much from one country to another. With the the United States, the family must avoid crying and it is necessary to expose the late one in the manner more " vivante" possible. The situation is quite different in Italy, where the tradition of mourning, the proximity of the family and the emotional ties are very important. Moreover, for various reasons whose climate, the people who die in Italy must be buried in the 24 hours. The cremation is rare there.

In Belgium, three currents are distinguished: the Italians, many in certain areas like the Eastern Hainaut (Charleroi, Louvière) and the province of Liege, preserve the traditions of their country: a very great importance is given to late and the budget which is allotted to funeral and generally very high. The Walloon S, inhabitants of the French-speaking part of the country, attach a variable importance to the death. Generally the budget is measured and the Mort revêt a less importance than for the Italians. Lastly, the Flemish S (Dutch-speaking inhabitants) react completely differently: the funeral has a less importance in general, the selected coffin is very often the least expensive, but it is frequent to make appear of the opinions obituary in many newspapers and to spend an important budget for the advertisement of the death. After the funeral, a festival or, at least, a slackened environment is followed in general from there.

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