It is really the funeral day of scholastic science.

In some countries the trend has gone further than others: Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela are displaying open sympathy for Castroism, and there is no country -- save the Dominican Republic whose funeral services we recently arranged -- where Castroism and Anti-Americanism does not prevent the government from unqualifiedly espousing the American cause.

* 2005 – President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid ' Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.

* The Aluk religion in the Toraja society and the people of Tana Toraja, embrace religious rituals such as the funeral ceremony where a sacred cockfight, known as bulangan londong or saung, is an integral part of the ceremony and considered sacred because of the spilling of blood on the earth in spiritual appeasement.

Of the cenotaphs and funeral monuments the most splendid is the monument to the archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, consisting of nine figures.

The power of testamentary disposition is basically limited to one-third of the net estate ( i. e. the assets remaining after the payment of funeral expenses and debts ), providing for every member of the family by allotting fixed shares not only to wives and children, but also to fathers and mothers.

Gale Owen-Crocker ( Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of Manchester ) in The Four Funerals in Beowulf ( 2000 ) argues that a passage in the poem, commonly known as “ The Lay of the Last Survivor ” ( lines 2247 – 66 ), is an additional funeral.

The first funeral in the poem is of Scyld Scefing ( translated in some versions as " Shield Shiefson ") the king of the Danes.

His importance is proven once more by the grand funeral given to him by his people: his funeral at sea with many weapons and treasures shows he was a great soldier and an even greater leader to his people.

The second funeral in the poem is that of Hildeburg ’ s kin and is the second fitt of this poem.

The second funeral differs from the first in that it is a cremation ceremony rather than a ship-burial.

The second funeral is distinguished by themes contrasting with those of the first, as well as by a change in the direction of the plot which leads to Beowulf's fight against Grendel's Mother.

The setting and plot also suggest that the lament is funeral: the Last Survivor describes burial offerings similar to those in the funerals of Scyld Scefing, Hildeburg ’ s kin, and Beowulf.

The final funeral of the poem is Beowulf's.

The greatness of Beowulf's life is demonstrated through this funeral, particularly through the many offerings of his people.

Beowulf's funeral is the fourth fitt of the poem and acts as an epilogue for the hero who is the " most gracious and fair-minded, kindest to his people and keenest to win fame.

In other traditions, Iúna is a funeral toque.

There is speculation that a clash between Communist forces and a Japanese warship in 1978 was caused by Chinese anger after Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda attended Chiang's funeral.

The largest of three is the north-east cairn, which was partially reconstructed in the 19th century and the central cairn may have been used as a funeral pyre.

During the Second Coming storyline, Professor Xavier is seen on Utopia delivering a eulogy at Nightcrawler's funeral.

An epitaph ( from Greek epitaphion " a funeral oration " from ἐπί epi " at, over " and τάφος taphos " tomb ") is a short text honoring a deceased person, strictly speaking that is inscribed on their tombstone or plaque, but also used figuratively.

A five-part psalm for three choirs was sung at the funeral.

Another altered version was sung during Compo's funeral in the 2000 episode " Just a Small Funeral ".

" We Shall Overcome " was sung days later by over fifty thousand attendees at Dr. King's funeral.

" Vide Cor Meum " ( originally used by Scott in the Hannibal movie and composed by Patrick Cassidy and Hans Zimmer ), sung by Danielle de Niese and Bruno Lazzaretti is also used during the funeral of the King.

The hymn was also used in 2011 when it was sung during the funeral of Otto von Hapsburg, the final heir to the Habsburg throne.

Rabbi Weinberg relies also on the Sdei Chemed, quoting the Divrei Cheifetz, that Shabbat hymns and funeral dirges, when sung by women, are not kol isha, as men do not derive sexual pleasure from them.

In the 16th ( final ) episode of the 6th season of the UK Channel 4 television show Shameless, the song was sung by Jamie Maguire ( played by Aaron McCusker ) at the funeral of his sister Mandy Maguire ( Samantha Siddall ).

The song was first performed at Wessel's funeral, and was thereafter extensively used at party functions as well as being sung by the SA during street parades.

A memorial was erected to Goss in St Paul's in 1886 ; beneath a bas-relief by Hamo Thornycroft is the opening of Goss's " If we believe ," the anthem sung at his funeral service in the cathedral.

A copy of it was made, in yew wood, and was played to accompany a funeral song sung for King Sǣberht in Anglo-Saxon and English in a church in Southend.

It was also sung at her funeral in 1997 and her ten-year memorial thanksgiving service in 2007.

In Eastenders the song was sung at Denise Wicks ' " funeral.

The hymn became a favorite of George V and George VI and was sung at the former's funeral.

Led by the Longhorn Marching Band, it was sung at the July 14, 2007 funeral of First Lady Lady Bird ( Claudia Taylor ) Johnson, an alumnua of the University of Texas.

The cathedral drew world attention on November 25, 1963, when a recited ( not sung ) Pontifical Requiem Low Mass was offered by Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston and a Kennedy family friend, during the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy.

* Some of this song was sung solo by " Gramoo Sultenfuss " on " My Girl " when the senile grandmother interrupts a funeral.

The Byrds ' recording of the song became more poignant in the years following its release, after " Farther Along " was sung by ex-Byrd Gram Parsons and then-current member of the Eagles, Bernie Leadon, at White's funeral in 1973.

The trisagion is also sung at the entry of the coffin into the church at a funeral and when the coffin is carried to the grave.

His anthems included O Lord, Look Down from Heaven and Call to Remembrance, the latter of which was sung at his own funeral and is still performed in cathedrals today.

It was sung at the funeral of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, played by the Navy Band at the funeral of John F. Kennedy, sung at the funeral of Richard Nixon, and played by the Navy Band and the Coast Guard Band during the funeral of Ronald Reagan.