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National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day 2023: Date, History, Facts

Funeral rites can be traced back to the origins of human society; early homo sapiens were known to have performed rituals when a loved one passed away more than 300,000 years ago.

On March 11, we have the chance to recognise the exemplary experts who work as funeral directors and morticians all across the country. For those who are unfortunate enough to lose a loved one, planning a funeral is a sombre and distressing experience. To make the process a little more bearable, funeral planners and morticians must be compassionate and understanding. Without their efforts, our loved ones wouldn’t receive the proper send-off, and experiencing their death would be even more upsetting. Thank you day is on March 11.

The background of National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day

Funeral rites can be traced back to the origins of human society; early homo sapiens were known to have performed rituals when a loved one passed away more than 300,000 years ago. The occupation of a mortician dates back thousands of years. The final rites of passage have evolved through invention, starting with the Ancient Egyptians and their opulent tombs and progressing to the modern methods of burial we see today, like biodegradable urns and water graves.

Funeral practises have always been dominated by religion. In ancient Rome, funeral announcements were made by formal undertakers weeping aloud. At your funeral, the more crying actors there were, the richer you were.

The dead body was usually prepared by women. It has been a male-dominated industry for the last 100 years or so, particularly with the rise of funeral directors, as gender roles started to shift in the nineteenth century.

Today’s morticians and funeral directors devote their careers to assisting families and communities in providing a dignified send-off for their loved ones. Mortuary science is studied by both morticians and funeral directors, who both earn associate degrees or better. After earning their degree, they complete a one to three year apprenticeship and get all necessary permits. It is because of their unparalleled empathy and comprehension that March 11 was designated as National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day in 2008.

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FUNERAL: 5 FACTS

There are compostable, woven-willow coffins available that break down underground.

Rosemary was used inside coffins to mask odours and was thought to represent everlasting life.

Roman military forts and more developed Romano-British settlements were near to where the earliest gravestones in Britain were found.

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some European families would pay paid mourners to weep for their departed.

Dolphins and elephants mourn their own deaths and show it through rituals akin to memorial services.

NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND MORTICIAN RECOGNITION DAY DATES

Year Date Day
2023 March 11 Saturday
2024 March 11 Monday
2025 March 11 Tuesday
2026 March 11 Wednesday
2027 March 11 Thursday
Arshiya Khan

Arshiya Khan is a Commerce graduate who loves to write on general and trending topics.

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