olfrog
3 Apr 2014
UK, Ireland / Advice needed on a Polish funeral/customs in the UK [11]
Hi there,
We've just lost our polish grandfather and wanted to know how, given that we are in the UK, we ensure that his funeral recognises Polish culture. I've scanned the site for advice, and while much of the funeral customs are similar to the UK ones (Catholic or Protestant), there are a few customs that are different.
Please could you let us know whether we have understood these wrong, and whether there is anything else we should consider? Thanks a lot !
- We need to get some Polish soil for the burial (does anyone know how we can do this in the UK?)
- Wear a black ribbon to mourn the dead, sometimes for a whole year
- For music, we should try to use Chopin's "Marche Funebre" and the hymn "witan krolowo nieba"
- For funeral notices (and graves?) we should use the phrase, S+P before his name, meaning Swietej Pamieci, and sometimes an hourglass too
- There is a memorial mass on the first anniversary of the death
Hi there,
We've just lost our polish grandfather and wanted to know how, given that we are in the UK, we ensure that his funeral recognises Polish culture. I've scanned the site for advice, and while much of the funeral customs are similar to the UK ones (Catholic or Protestant), there are a few customs that are different.
Please could you let us know whether we have understood these wrong, and whether there is anything else we should consider? Thanks a lot !
- We need to get some Polish soil for the burial (does anyone know how we can do this in the UK?)
- Wear a black ribbon to mourn the dead, sometimes for a whole year
- For music, we should try to use Chopin's "Marche Funebre" and the hymn "witan krolowo nieba"
- For funeral notices (and graves?) we should use the phrase, S+P before his name, meaning Swietej Pamieci, and sometimes an hourglass too
- There is a memorial mass on the first anniversary of the death