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Remembrance Day

A guide to Remembrance Day & Remembrance Sunday, with information on the Poppy Appeal, two minute silence, Festival of Remembrance and remembrance services

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Day of the Dead

A guide to the history and meaning of Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, with information on traditions, festivals, and food in Mexico and around the world, including art, costumes, face paint and sugar skulls

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Famous Funeral Paintings

A guide to famous depictions of funerals in art, including ‘A Burial at Ornans’ by Gustave Courbet, ‘The Funeral of Shelley’ by Louis Edouard Fournier and ‘A Funeral: Tribute to Oskar Panizza’ by George Grosz

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Funeral Train

A guide to funeral trains, with information on funeral train services & famous funeral trains, including the London Necropolis Railway Line & London Necropolis Railway Station & George H.W. Bush’s funeral train

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What Is Danse Macabre

A guide to the meaning of danse macabre, or the dance of death, in art, music, and literature, from the Black Death until the present, including works by Holbein, Saint-Saëns, and Liszt

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St. George’s Chapel, the Royal Vault & the Royal Burial Ground

A guide to royal burials and tombs in St. George’s Chapel, the Royal Vault and the Royal Burial Ground in Windsor, including King George VI, the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson

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Famous Funerals

A guide to famous funerals around the world, including the funerals of Winston Churchill, Princess Diana, John F. Kennedy, Grace Kelly & Nelson Mandela

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