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Record 1 2015-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
DEF

An unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle without ornamentation, often made of fiberboard, pressed wood or composition materials, and generally lower in cost than caskets.

OBS

Alternative containers include green caskets and green urns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

Sur le marché de la mort se développe ces dernières années la tendance de s'offrir une enveloppe écologique comme dernière demeure. [...] Plusieurs variantes écologiques existent telles que des cercueils ou urnes en laine, des cercueils en carton ou des cercueils en osier.

Spanish

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