What is Funeral viewing?
[[Image:Viewing (museum display).JPG|thumb|right|250px|{{center|A funeral viewing}}]] A '''funeral viewing''' or '''body viewing''' is the time family and [[wikt:friend|friend]]s come to see the dead after the [[wikt:body|body]] has been [[wikt:prepare|prepare]]d by a [[funeral home]].<ref>James W. Bryant; Mac Brunson, ''The New Guidebook for Pastors'' (Nashville, TN: B & H Pub. Group, 2007), p. 153</ref> the body is [[embalmed]] in order to keep the body looking as [[wikt:natural|natural]] as possible.<ref>James W. Green, ''Beyond the Good Death: The Anthropology of Modern Dying'' (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008), p. 74</ref> A viewing may take place at a funeral parlor, in a family home, or at a [[church]]. A funeral viewing may also be important to [[wikt:grieving|grieving]] process.<ref>Theodore E. Hughes; David Klein, ''The Handbook to Wills, Funerals, and Probate'' (New York: Facts On File, 2007), p. 31</ref> == References == {{commons}} {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [https://www.everplans.com/articles/important-etiquette-tips-for-wakes-viewings-and-visitations Important Etiquette Tips For Wakes, Viewings, and Visitations] * [http://www.funeralhome.net/Funeral-Home-Traditions-information.php Funeral Home Traditions] <br> {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Death customs]]