Saturday, March 06, 2010

Choose A Casket Cautiously To Bid Your Loved One A Heartfelt Goodbye

By Elaine Reyes

Death is generally followed by overwhelming sorrow and distress, leaving family members and friends inconsolable and emotionally overwhelmed by the death of a loved one. However, making proper arrangements for the funeral still requires to be attended to and this will need the choice of a suitable casket.

Looking for and getting the ideal casket at a time when you are not in a sound mental state to deal with the intricacies can be a challenging task. When the departed's religious or cultural beliefs specify certain requirements for the casket or the departed himself has made his preferences known in this respect, then the choice of a casket becomes much easier.

Caskets can be of various shapes, sizes and styles, with prices varying accordingly. They are usually divided into two broad categories, funeral caskets and burial caskets. Funeral caskets allow for the visitors to glimpse the deceased during ceremonies but burial caskets are usually only used at the time of burial.

You can choose from metal, fibre, wood, and even marble caskets for the funeral. Wooden caskets, which are the most conventional ones, are available in a wide variety of wood kinds, namely mahogany, maple, oak, and so on. Polished to perfection, wooden caskets are of high quality and they look elegant with a shiny feel, but their rates are also generally higher. Alternately, metal caskets come cheaper and can be found in a range of finishes like bronze, steel, and copper, and in various designs and colours too.

Eco friendly material based caskets are also getting popular nowadays with so much stress on protecting the planet, especially among the environmentally conscious people. With these, the used material bio degrades and does not cause any harm to the environment. These caskets are a great option if the departed person was concerned about environment conservation. - 2364

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