What is the cloak?
Shroud is a leaf of a substance used to pack the body for funeral. Depending on the cultural and religious beliefs of the deceased, the cloak may be left simple or decorated with various art motifs. One of the especially famous cloaks is the Turin cloak, the length of the laundry, which was allegedly used to prepare Christ for the funeral, although the provenance of the cloak was repeatedly questioned by members of the scientific community. These fibers would be the only material available for most human history, but they also break down quickly and return to Earth along with the bodies that cover. It is also typical to use unused or bleached material for the cloak, and any decoration added to the sheath is usually simple and religious in nature; For example, the cloak can be embroidered with a cross for a Christian funeral.
When preparing the body on the funeral of the cloak, the surviving of the deceased would undress him, carefully washed the body and then naked body in the cloak. In some cases, the body can be anointed with expensive oils, herbs or spices before burial and inMany cultures are packed in the folds of the cloak, so the deceased can transfer these objects to the afterlife. It is also common for vertical closing, which makes it easier to respect the body movement.
The word "Shroud" comes from old English Scrud , which means "clothing", which reflects the idea that screws are for dead clothing. When the cloaks were commonly used, it was expensive to obtain and produce the garment, so the burial of the dead in usable clothing would be somewhat unnecessary. The rings could be used to cover the dead with respect while maintaining their clothes and depending on the wishes of the deceased, jewelry, such as wedding rings, can be left or removed and passed to offspring.
While the cloak itself was acceptable to a funeral in many cultures, especially among the poor, can also be used to wrap the body in front of the coffin or a wrapped body can be cremated. The rings were also historically usedNY to pack bodies for a funeral at sea, in which case the cloak can be weighed to sink the body. Rinds continue to be used in some communities in a modern era, and many advocates of natural support of the burial site are covered because it allows bodies quickly and elegantly in the ground.