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{{short description|Ceremony for a person who has died}}
{{hatnote|For other uses, see [[Funeral (disambiguation)]]. Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see [[Funeral Rites (novel)]], the novel [[Burial Rites]], [[Burial Service (disambiguation)]], the film [[Death Rite]], the album [[Death Rituals]], the play [[Celebration of Life]].}}
(contracted; show full)use it is Masonic custom (in some places in the world) for the presiding officer to have his head covered while officiating. To Masons the sprig of evergreen is a symbol of immortality. A Mason wears a white leather apron, called a "lambskin," on becoming a Mason, and he may continue to wear it even in death.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Colon|first1=Felix|title=Masonic Funerals|url=http://www.millburnlodge127.com/masonicfunerals.html|publisher=THE MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION|accessdate=5 June 2014
|archive-date=7 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607012348/http://www.millburnlodge127.com/masonicfunerals.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://grandlodgeofiowa.org/docs/ObituaryRites/MasonicMemorialHandbook.pdf|title=HANDBOOK FOR MASONIC MEMORIAL SERVICES|website=Grandlodgeofiowa.org|accessdate=22 September 2018}}</ref>

==Asian funerals==
{{see also|Chinese funerary art|Chinese veneration of the dead|Ancestor veneration in China|wu (shaman)|shi (personator)|joss paper|Culture of Vietnam#Funeral}}
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[[Category:Ceremonies]]
[[Category:Death customs]]
[[Category:Undertaking]]
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