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Why have a funeral?

Funerals fill a very important role for those mourning the loss of a loved one. By providing surviving family members and friends with a caring, supportive environment in which to share thoughts and feelings about the death, funerals are the first step in the healing process and the ritual of attending a funeral provides many benefits including:

- Providing a social support system for the bereaved
- Helping the bereaved understand that death is final and also part of life
- Integrating the bereaved back into the community
- Easing the transition to a new life after the death of a loved one
- Providing a safe haven for expressing pain
- Reaffirming one's relationship with the person who has died
- Provides a time to say goodbye

The importance of the funeral ritual is to provide a social gathering to help the bereaved begin the healing process.