Funeral Traditions in Poland

I recently watched a video by a photographer reluctantly employed by the Nazis at Auschwitz when a funeral prayer was spoken at the later burial of a female internee. Does anyone know this prayer please. It was so moving.

What is the Polish blessing/prayer when lighting the gromnica (candle) in a dying person's hand to light his or her way to the afterlife?

There is no special prayer for the candle lighting moment - you can say your prayers all the time while vigiling with the dying

You can check these special prayers for the dying, especially the first one
rozance-i-koronki.blogspot.com/2018/01/koronki-za-konajacych.html

But Koronka do Bożego Miłosierdzia is also good.
Actually, any prayer is good. Also those improvised from your heart. God is not as formal as people imagine.

In front of the funeral house and inside it.

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After the mass in the chapel, in front of the funeral house again

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The walk to the burial site takes a couple of minutes

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A family member reads the final farewell to the departed.

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@pawian

Nothing new here.... please move along....

Why is this creepy guy going around strangers funerals taking photos and then posting them online?

He would get his dupa kicked in Chicago if he got caught doing this stupid crap.

. Something aint right inside that thick head!

I am still not sure if I want to attend mine...

Let them record it and watch it in peace (eternal) later.

Yes, people want photos after the event. They know that I always take some. When I don`t, they are extremely disappointed.

The traditional burial

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Burial of ashes is still unpopular in the countryside - here, two columbarium blocks built a few years ago and only 3 niches taken.

The second pic shows an empty space which still used to be sb`s burial site about 10 years ago. But it was unpaid for and the local parish which owns the cemetery removed the grave.

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Removed meaning????What did they do with the remains?
Also is it true that in Poland after 20 years the grave can be used again?

They were probably left in the ground to decompose further. This site has remained unoccupied by a new "tenant" for 5 years now.


Yes, that`s what I wrote. If you don`t pay the grave fee every 20 years, your site is offered to a new lodger coz you don`t own the place, only lease it. :):) I saw such double graves in cemeteries.

LOL if I die in Poland,I should make sure its paid for at least 200 years.I am sure its not a large amount lolI dont want a AIDS patient be buried on top of me lol.

On average it costs 100 PLN per year.

But I thought your ashes will be buried in the holy garden next to the maharaja`s palace in India.

I think I can afford that even with inflacialol


You thought wrong,I want to be burried so I can stay on this planet longer lol


Fu,ck that I dont wanna be thrown in the ganges river to exit some polluted fish arse.

So you should already arrange a tombstone for yourself. You can even have your name and birth date written on it if you are provident.

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That will be the job for my wife and kids,they owe me that.
But very good idea,next week I will make an appointment with the notary and tell her to add that in my testament.Thank you lol.

The portraits on tombstones are either black and white or colour - the time of the burial doesn`t matter. Both communist time and democratic graves use either type.

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What is this gravestone made of??

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It looks like an old bathtub.

Thanks, but I was asking about the material, not structure. :):):)

Grave sites next to major aisles in the country cemetery are usually bigger than others - king size, sort of. I wonder why. I suppose such sites cost more so people who lease them can afford bigger tombstones. And fancier as well.

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If the family decides to hire a musician/band for the funeral, they often play Silence by Nino Rosso on the trumpet.

Sounds similar to the Last Post, very seasonal for this time of year when we remember the Fallen.

I attended a funeral in Warsaw where they had a trumpeter. He played Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World".

Granite?

I wouldn`t play it at a funeral. The deceased person might feel uncomfortable listening to the song about the wonders of the world which he/she just had to leave. Why should we aggravate their misery even more???


Sorry, no. If it was such typical material, I wouldn`t have asked about it at all coz it is common in Polish cemeteries.

Hint - it is sth special. :):):)

Natural or artificial?