Modern Brazlians

This is the story of a woman who lost a close relative and explains the burial traditions of the Catholic Brazilians.

• When people pass away in Brazil, it is usually accustomed to wear completely black to the funerals.
  
• In Middle and upper class Brazil, cremation is becoming more common due to lack of burial space and desire to bury family in a shared plot.
• Usually, the mourning period is seven days where on the seventh day, a mass is held in favor of the dead.
• Older People usually express their grief with loud crying and moaning as a sign of extent of their suffering. Younger generations rarely show their feelings. They try to comfort themselves by remembering the good times with the deceased.
• One of the rituals of the funeral that may be more religious than cultural, was the habit of the Catholic church to not allow personal eulogies at a funeral.