It is basically unheard of to have the ashes of a loved one in an urn at home, like you see in movies.
You don’t hear about it because it’s illegal, but I think it’s much more common than people think.
toastus@feddit.org 2 days ago
Don’t know about the rest of Europe, but in Germany you cannot just choose freely what happens to your remains.
They must be handled by an undertaker and there are laws about how and where remains can be buried.
I think there are discussions to loosen some of those restrictions to maybe allow for remains to get worked into trinkets or jewelery and stuff, but I don’t really know how far along those discussions are.
It is basically unheard of to have the ashes of a loved one in an urn at home, like you see in movies.
There actually are even laws for the remains of pets, but I think they are not really enforced and most pet owners that I know don’t care and bury their pets somewhere private.
We surely didn’t give away the remains of our family dog.
She sleeps in the shade of a nice big bush now.
glasratz@feddit.org 2 days ago
starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m in Germany and my cousin has his dad’s ashes at home and refuses to have them buried. We’ve given up trying to persuade him.