Ceremonies And Celebrations: Life's End

Buddhist - Christian - Hindu - Jewish - Muslim - Sikh.

Take a look at the rituals and ceremonies that the six major world faiths hold when members of their community die. Find out why Hindus believe that death is the start of a new life, why Jews stay at home after a family death and how Muslims believe that they meet an angel when they die.

First-hand accounts describe the way people mark life's end in their own words, while extracts from ancient religious texts show some of the origins of rituals of death.