Express feelings for a person or an occasion
Flowers have long been used to express feelings for a person or an occasion. It reflects the thoughts and warmth from the sender and can bring great comfort to the receiver. The sight of flowers can significantly alter the moods of gloomy and sad occasions. This is especially true during funerals. Since a long time ago, flowers have been a part of funeral services. These flowers are called funeral flowers and are arranged to suite the occasion and to imply empathy of the sender towards the deceased family. This age old tradition serves to comfort and nurture bereaved individuals through their painful moment. Rituals are known to aid in grieving process, thus sending funeral flowers is the first thing a person does when receiving the news of death.
Funeral flowers come in many arrangements and prices. The traditional flowers are made into wreath, some are sent as bouquets, sprays, garlands and baskets. The helpers of the bereaved family or the funeral parlour’s personnel will usually take charge of placement of received flowers. In the past, funerals were simple and the services were straight forward. This means the types of funeral flowers to be purchase are also straight forward and simple order can be placed. Nowadays, funerals come in many forms depending on custom and religion. Due to restriction of land and also personal belief and the deceased request, the funeral arrangement might be in the form of burial or cremation.
Some funerals are done with religious services and memorial services but some families chose to do without those traditional services. For funerals without services, friends, family, and acquaintances can show their sympathy by sending funeral flowers and condolences to the homes of the deceased. Families who prefer cremation choose smaller wreath or garlands to decorate the urns and cremation boxes. Other baskets and sprays of flowers can be placed around the container. Flowers are also normally scattered together with the ashes after cremation. Memorials held during funerals require funeral flowers to be displayed on the podium, display table and cemetery monument to give softness to the bleak ceremony. Death that occurred at a certain location might have people putting flowers to mark the place of fatality.