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Re: Graves.
Some countries re-use the graves as little as 7 years after the first burial. I watched that program last night on channel 4 , Gods Waiting Room. It was about Muslin funerals. It was educational.
I often go visitng grave yards, i find the headstones highly interesting especially the very old ones. You get a rough idea of the average age that people died. You could also tell those with money and those without.
I think its a good idea to recycle graves, some graves havnt had visitors for years and years.Some graveyards ive seen have broken or toppled headstones. If the family was that bothered they would have kept the plot tidy looking and replaced the headstones.
My aunt who has buried 2 children (over 25 years ago) has recently renewed the headstone as it had started to look worn. She religiously keeps the burial plot well kept. My Grandmother and Grandfather are in the next plot and she keeps that one well kept too.
Me, personally, i want to be cremated. No hassle then for family members to have to come and tend to my "spot" or feel obliged to leave flowers every now and again.
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