St. Maria Maddalena procession, Atrani, Amalfi coast, Campania, Italy, Europe

St. Maria Maddalena procession, Atrani, Amalfi coast, Campania, Italy, Europe

Body of dead Hindu woman carried in procession in street for funeral pyre cremation by the Ganges, Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Body of dead Hindu carried in procession in street for funeral pyre cremation by the Ganges, Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Funeral procession, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Funeral ceremony for cremation, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Funeral, Karachi, Pakistan, Asia

Women in procession for funeral ceremony, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Funeral procession coming through one of the main gates to Wawel Castle and Cathedral, Krakow (Cracow), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poland, Europe

Procession for funeral ceremony, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Funeral procession, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Women in procession for funeral ceremony, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Funeral procession coming through one of the main gates to Wawel Castle and Cathedral, Krakow (Cracow), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poland, Europe

Funeral procession coming through one of the main gates to Wawel Castle and Cathedral, Krakow (Cracow), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poland, Europe

Detail of Terracotta funerary krater. Greek, Attic, Geometric, ca. 725 B.C. Atributed to the Trachones Workshop.

People carry a body, to burn, going to Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Peole wearing masks at a funeral procession at Chiufen, Taiwan, Asia

Tuba player playing funeral marches at the Holy Burial Procession on Good Friday in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepuquez, Guatemala

Balinese men carrying the wadah, a temple-shaped structure made of paper and light wood, containing the ashes of the deceased in a funeral procession to deposit the ashes in the Unda river following the Ngaben or Cremation Ceremony, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia

A music band plays funeral marches during the Procession of the Holy Cross on Good Friday in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepuquez, Guatemala

A music band plays funeral marches during the Procession of the Holy Cross on Good Friday in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepuquez, Guatemala

A music band plays funeral marches during the Procession of the Holy Cross on Good Friday in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepuquez, Guatemala

People in a formal funeral procession called Ma’passa Tedong at a rante, the ceremonial site for a Torajan funeral, in Sereale, Toraja Land, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

A music band plays funeral marches during the Procession of the Holy Cross on Good Friday in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepuquez, Guatemala

A music band plays funeral marches during the Procession of the Holy Cross on Good Friday in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepuquez, Guatemala

People in a formal funeral procession called Ma’passa Tedong at a rante, the ceremonial site for a Torajan funeral, in Sereale, Toraja Land, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

A music band plays funeral marches during the Procession of the Holy Cross on Good Friday in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepuquez, Guatemala

Banos resort and famous hot springs in semitropical area Basilica of Senora de Agua Santa, traditional funeral procession, Highlands, Ecuador