Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Chinese funeral rituals comprise a set of traditions broadly associated with Chinese folk religion, with different rites depending on the age of the deceased, the cause of death, the deceased's marital and social statuses. [ 1] Different rituals are carried out in different parts of China, many contemporary Chinese people carry out funerals ...
1°16′43.32″N 103°50′3.84″E. / 1.2787000°N 103.8344000°E / 1.2787000; 103.8344000. On 23 March 2015, Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore and co-founder of the People's Action Party, died at the age of 91 at 03:18 Singapore Standard Time ( UTC+08:00 ), after having been hospitalised at the Singapore General ...
Focus on life. Taoism places great value in life. It does not focus on life after death, but on health and longevity by living a simple life and having inner peace. It is said that the human body is filled with spirits, gods, or demons. When people die, it is believed that they should do rituals to let the spirits guard the body.
Kong Hon Kong. Tan Sri Kong Hon Kong ( Chinese: 鄺漢光; pinyin: Kuàng Hànguāng; Jyutping: Kwong3 Hon3 Gwong1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kóng Hàn-kong; born in 1954), is a Malaysian businessman and philanthropist who founded Nirvana Asia Group, [1] the largest integrated funeral service provider in Malaysia. [2] [3]
A funeral procession in the Philippines, 2009. During the Pre-Hispanic period the early Filipinos believed in a concept of life after death. [1] This belief, which stemmed from indigenous ancestral veneration and was strengthened by strong family and community relations within tribes, prompted the Filipinos to create burial customs to honor the dead through prayers and rituals.
Countries from which at least one representative attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022. The state funeral of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, was attended by a significant number of dignitaries from across the world, with priority given to those from the Commonwealth of Nations, becoming one of the largest gathering of ...
Chin Peng[ b ] (21 October 1924 – 16 September 2013), born Ong Boon Hua, [ c ] OBE [ a ] was a Malayan communist politician, guerrilla leader, and revolutionary, who was the leader and commander of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) and the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA). A Maoist, he led the CPM as secretary general from 1947 until ...
November 27, 2023 at 4:05 AM. Funeral services for former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died at the age of 96 on Nov. 19, begin Monday, Nov. 27 in Sumter County, Ga. The memorial services and ...