Funerary practices in different cultures Opening of the mouth ceremony (Ancient Egypt) Kotsuage bone picking ceremony (Japanese Buddhist) Funeral of Pope John Paul II (Roman Catholic) Cremations at Manikarnika Ghat (Hindu) Muslim funeral procession in India (c 1888), lithography Members of the Prague Burial Brotherhood pray at the camp of a dying man (c 1772), Jewish Museum, Prague Monastic funeral for Russian Schema-Archmandrite Anastasi (Popov) (Eastern Orthodox)