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Texas socialite’s lingerie-clad corpse laid to rest in her favorite, '64 powder blue car at a near East Side cemetery.

Years before Billy Standley died on Sunday, he planned out every detail of his funeral: He bought up the three plots next to his wife's grave, had his sons build him a custom casket, and arranged for the funeral director to embalm him in a sitting position. Earlier today, Standley's dream funeral took place, and he was laid to rest atop his beloved Harley-Davidson. Cemetery Monuments, Cemetery Headstones, Cemetery Art, Cemetary, Cemeteries, Graveyards, Tombstone Epitaphs, Unusual Headstones, Rad

Years before Billy Standley died on Sunday, he planned out every detail of his funeral: He bought up the three plots next to his wife's grave, had his sons build him a custom casket, and arranged for the funeral director to embalm him in a sitting position. Earlier today, Standley's dream funeral took place, and he was laid to rest atop his beloved Harley-Davidson.

The fantasy or figurative coffins from Ghana are functional coffins made by specialized carpenters in the Greater Accra Region in Ghana. These coffins are only seen on the day of the burial when they are buried with the deceased. They often symbolise the dead people’s professions. Certain shapes, such as a sword or stool coffin, represent regal or priestly insignia with a magical and religious function. Only people with the appropriate status are allowed to be buried in these types of coffin... Penny Candy, Famous Graves, Weird Art, Strange Art, Juxtapoz, Memento Mori, Casket

The fantasy or figurative coffins from Ghana are functional coffins made by specialized carpenters in the Greater Accra Region in Ghana. These coffins are only seen on the day of the burial when they are buried with the deceased. They often symbolise the dead people’s professions. Certain shapes, such as a sword or stool coffin, represent regal or priestly insignia with a magical and religious function. Only people with the appropriate status are allowed to be buried in these types of coffin...

The “Genushe (animal post-mortem)”, ca. 1845-46 may be a little odd to viewers in 2014, but during the mid-19th Century it was common to use photography as a means of remembering a deceased loved one. It is possible this little bunny was a cherished pet or it was used to mock the custom. Vintage Photographs, Vintage Photos, Pet Cemetery, Post Mortem Photography, Momento Mori, Penny Dreadful, Mans Best Friend, Macabre

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The “Genushe (animal post-mortem)”, ca. 1845-46 may be a little odd to viewers in 2014, but during the mid-19th Century it was common to use photography as a means of remembering a deceased loved one. It is possible this little bunny was a cherished pet or it was used to mock the custom.

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A Funeral Tradition from the mountain village of Miao, China: When a baby is born, the father plants a pine tree or a fir tree.

Rantepao, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia, When a Torajan dies in Toraja land, family members of the deceased are required to hold a series of funeral ceremonies that usually last for several days before the deceased is brought to a funeral site for burial. The Toraja people live a traditional life in the forested mountains of South Sulawesi. Photo by Frits Meyst/Adventure4ever.com South Sulawesi, Funeral Ceremony, Indonesian Art, Sarawak, Sumatra, Abide, Borneo, Ancestral, Archipelago

Rantepao, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia, When a Torajan dies in Toraja land, family members of the deceased are required to hold a series of funeral ceremonies that usually last for several days before the deceased is brought to a funeral site for burial. The Toraja people live a traditional life in the forested mountains of South Sulawesi. Photo by Frits Meyst/Adventure4ever.com

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Displays of death are part of life in Sulawesi’s Tana Toraja, where even the majority Christian population practices animism and believes that ancestors continue to influence the living long after they’re gone. Komodo National Park, National Parks, Java, Gili Air, Gili Island, Buddhist Temple

Displays of death are part of life in Sulawesi’s Tana Toraja, where even the majority Christian population practices animism and believes that ancestors continue to influence the living long after they’re gone.

Baby grave trees, Tana Toraja, Indonesia. /// The smallest of the Toraja burial grounds are the “Baby Trees” where the tribe’s young are placed. If a child dies before he has started teething, its mother wraps his body in cloth, makes a another hole in the Baby Tree and places the dead infant inside. The hole is then sealed and as the tree begins to heal, the child is believed to be absorbed. Old Cemeteries, Giant Tree, Oddities

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Baby grave trees, Tana Toraja, Indonesia. /// The smallest of the Toraja burial grounds are the “Baby Trees” where the tribe’s young are placed. If a child dies before he has started teething, its mother wraps his body in cloth, makes a another hole in the Baby Tree and places the dead infant inside. The hole is then sealed and as the tree begins to heal, the child is believed to be absorbed.

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Hanging coffins | Ancient funeral custom of the Bo people of southern China.

A Tower of Silence, or Dakhmeh, is a structure laying on the top of a hill, consisting of concentric slabs surrounding a central pit. The bodies were arranged onto four concentric rings: men, outermost, than women and children. Mumbai, East India Company, Tower Of Silence, Tower Building, Ancient Origins, World Religions, Ancient Civilizations, Gravure, Religious Art

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A Tower of Silence, or Dakhmeh, is a structure laying on the top of a hill, consisting of concentric slabs surrounding a central pit. The bodies were arranged onto four concentric rings: men, outermost, than women and children.

Viking Funeral

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Dead Biker Buried Riding Harley in Giant Transparent Casket

Though now banned in India, Sati was a funerary practice widowed women immolated themselves on their husband's funeral pyre.

The Latest in Green Burials: Be Buried In a Coral Reef

Forget Coffins – Organic Burial Pods Will Turn Your Loved Ones Into Trees This is not a bad idea.

Eternal Reefs..... takes the cremated remains of an individual and incorporates them into an environmentally safe cement mixture designed to create artificial reef formations. Ocean Ecosystem, Artificial Reef, Cremated Remains, Marine Environment, Tree Hugger, Underwater World

Eternal Reefs..... takes the cremated remains of an individual and incorporates them into an environmentally safe cement mixture designed to create artificial reef formations.

Mushroom Death Suit | Infinity Mushroom

Ashes into Glass, cremated ashes into glass for ashes, available from Independent Brighton Funeral Directors www.sussexfunerals.com Couple Jewelry, I Love Jewelry, Jewelery, Silver Jewelry, Silver Ring, Diamond Jewelry, Memorial Ring, Memorial Jewelry, Jewellery Uk

Ashes into Glass, cremated ashes into glass for ashes, available from Independent Brighton Funeral Directors www.sussexfunerals.com

Tibetan Sky Burial

This image shows the result of Plastination, a technique or process used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts, first developed by Gunther von Hagens in 1977. The water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be touched, do not smell or decay, and even retain most properties of the original sample Image © Susan Mulder The National Museum of Health and Medicine

GUNTHER VON HAGENS Anatomist Gunther von Hagens is the inventor of Plastination, a process that allows permanent preservation of organic material by replacing water and fat with silicone or other polymers. Two half-finished silicone plastinated human bodies hang for curing in von Hagens’ Institute for Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany. Happiness Project, The Inventors, Beauty Inside, Polymers, Scientific, Bodies

GUNTHER VON HAGENS Anatomist Gunther von Hagens is the inventor of Plastination, a process that allows permanent preservation of organic material by replacing water and fat with silicone or other polymers. Two half-finished silicone plastinated human bodies hang for curing in von Hagens’ Institute for Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany.

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plastinated body holding his own skin / body world exhibit '97

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Texas socialite’s lingerie-clad corpse laid to rest in her favorite, '64 powder blue car at a near East Side cemetery.

Post Mortem Photography

Julie Reed Design

A Funeral Tradition from the mountain village of Miao, China: When a baby is born, the father plants a pine tree or a fir tree.

Water buffalo-Tana Toraja, Sulawesi

Difficult Conversations

Toraja Indonesia | death rituals

Hanging coffins | Ancient funeral custom of the Bo people of southern China.

Ancient Civilizations

Viking Funeral

Mieke Geenen

disposition | unique

Dead Biker Buried Riding Harley in Giant Transparent Casket

Though now banned in India, Sati was a funerary practice widowed women immolated themselves on their husband's funeral pyre.

The Latest in Green Burials: Be Buried In a Coral Reef

Forget Coffins – Organic Burial Pods Will Turn Your Loved Ones Into Trees This is not a bad idea.

Eternal Reefs..... takes the cremated remains of an individual and incorporates them into an environmentally safe cement mixture designed to create artificial reef formations.

Mushroom Death Suit | Infinity Mushroom