Burial

Burial is a practice that’s been carried out for centuries by different cultures and religions around the world – but why do we do it? Mike Williams goes to a Jewish cemetery where Mitzi Kalinsky from the Jewish Joint Burial Society explains the reasons behind their burial practices. He talks to Caitlin Doughty, an American mortician who is trying to revolutionise burial practices in the US and considers what he would like to happen to his body, after he dies.

(Image: Gravestones in a cemetery. BBC copyright)

2356 232
Burial12 years ago
17:57

Suggested Podcasts

Nathaniel Hawthorne and performed by Mary Woods

Mercury

Smart Pizza Marketing

Artist Miriam Schulman

Winston and Matt

Bitesize Irish

Amaravati Buddhist Monastery

Rep. Mike Gallagher

Duckfeed.tv

Ganesh Kumar Hempur