National campaign to take cemetery urns home
Funeral organizations are launching a joint educational campaign to help people understand the effects of placing urns in the family home instead of the cemetery.
The National Funeral Association and Industry Council (OTEI), the Hungarian Funeral Service Association (MATESZSZ), the Hungarian Association of Cemetery Maintainers and Operators (MTFE), the Association of Hungarian Crematoriums (MKSZ) and the Hungarian Funeral Equipment Manufacturers Association (MATEK) called on Monday in a statement attention to the fact that the rate of urn burials increases by 2-5 percent every year in Hungary, however, for many there is no adequate information about the challenges of placing ashes at home.
During the campaign, in hundreds of cemeteries, with ten thousand printed informational publications, a website dedicated to the subject - magyartemetkezes.hu - and media appearances, I would like to draw attention to the kind of assistance and support system available to relatives, with which they can more easily navigate the issues of clemency
they wrote.
According to the communiqué, the rate of urn burials in Hungary is 70 percent. 95 percent in Budapest and well above the national average in cities with county status.
The organizations put it this way: "the family nest is not a cemetery!"
In the case of ashes transported home and then kept at home, there is a possibility that this solution does not provide the "experience" of experiencing a joint farewell, in contrast to traditional ceremonies, with which we can remember the relative in a dignified way. Furthermore, storing the urn at home may jeopardize the right of close relatives to exercise mercy and respect the memory of the deceased, they wrote, noting:
a dignified and respectful farewell is an important part of the healthy grieving process, so careful consideration is vital.
MTI
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