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Record 1 2015-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
CONT

The civil funeral may be held anywhere except religious buildings and churches. The ceremony is appropriate for cremation or burial in a non-religious burial ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

L'enterrement civil ou encore enterrement laïc se fait en dehors de toute cérémonie religieuse. [...] Si les obsèques sont affranchies de toutes règles religieuses, elles doivent néanmoins se conformer à des obligations préalables [...] Ces conditions remplies, le déroulement de la cérémonie d'enterrement se fait selon les dernières volontés du défunt, entre vingt-quatre heures au moins et six jours au plus après le décès.

Spanish

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