what is the belief of windchimes and cemeteries?
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people hang windchimes on graves because it is said to ward off evil.
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The ashes of Henry Laurens, as well as the graves of John Laurens and Claire Boothe Luce are located here.\n\nFor more information about the abbey visit the links below.
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It doesn't matter. \n\nIf my family can afford a simple burial so be it.\n\nOne thing I do have to add is that there are so many dead people lying around and I don't see any new cemeteries opening up?\n\nWhat gives and how do you explain that?
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Considering I believe in a great many things, this one does seem a tad on the far-fetched side; but considering that a great many things also can't be explained, why not?\nEvery one of us is going to die, but knowing the date of one's death is both a blessing and a curse. You can set your affairs in order but how badly might one freak when the time draws closer?\nBesides, why does it have to be a satanic church? Why not one of the Protestant or Catholic ones? Either way it would still be a church (ooo this might annoy some people....apologies) Bye the Bye, my Child, I happen to be a nondenominational Happy Heathen.
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The royal burials at St Denis are inside the church.  The area around it is really built up and modern, so any outside graveyard, if one ever existed, is likely long gone.
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I don't think their are any "rules of etiquette" for placing or   allowing wind chimes to ring on ones property.  There may however be some local noise ordnance that could apply to this.    If you have any concerns, just call your local police department ask if there are any restrictions in your area.  Also while most people think the sound of chimes are peaceful and comforting, some neighbors may not agree. Just be considerate and if any of them voice opposition, to your chimes, you'll have to try to find a compromise to keep peace in the neighborhood.
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There is a great sadness. That is why I speak to those who have ears to hear. Those that don't hear, go on with their life, babbling, and clanging like cymbals and gongs. It is not wise to wake a giant, a pig, or a sleeping dog...\n\nLet the dead bury the dead, and may they rest in peace...\n\nBut still, it's sad, people digging their own graves...
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Very well put question! \nIt's not OK to dig up anyone's grave.\nThe older the grave, the less likely people are to care\nor protest if it's desecrated.\nBut it's still wrong to desecrate it.
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Contact your local historical society.  They will be able to direct you as to what is customary in your area.  Don't be creeped out anyway. Just please treat the gravesites with respect as you would any other cemetery.
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This is evident, as you have pointed out in most of human behaviour. This concept is similar to ancestor worship. Ancient man had a deeper belief of the after life than present day man. They believe that no one actually died but simply moved on to another existence. Therefore, it was an honor and glory to join ones ancestors in the after-life while making oneself worthy to join them with a glorified death.
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actually they do.  I know down in New Orleans you have a tomb for I think it was a hundred years.  They cant put then underground because they are below sea level and the ground is too wet.  Here in Holland its twenty-five years unless you pay for the plot of land (really expensive.) Reason is because this is a really small country and a lot of people in it.  They just don't have the room for all of the people.   Once they remove the body for the plot to be reused they cremate the body.
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According to Rabbi Maurice Lamm (author of "The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning") the custom of placing stones on the monument "probably serves as a reminder of the family's presence. [The evidence that this grave is attended, visited and cared for, is respectful for the deceased - NS]. Also, it may hark back to biblical days when the monument was a heap of stones. Often the elements or roving vandals dispersed them, and so visitors placed other additional stones to assure that the grave was marked."\nAlso, by placing a stone we further participate in the "construction" of the tombstone -- which in itself constitutes a mitzvah.\nIncidentally, it is not a Chabad custom to place stones on tombstones.\nWhat the person above mean't I have no idea,as it is nonsense,\nhope this helps explain it. \n\n                                     ~A~
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Many cemeteries have been abandoned over the years for lack of funds. Check with the county to see if in deed is was case,If it was then your friends do own it, and other then cleaning it up there isn't any thing that can be done with the land. States have laws  specific to cemeteries and disinterring bodies,weather the grave site was abandoned or not.
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It's not a question of belief. It's something that happened during WWII. If you want to know what it really means come to my country, Poland, and go see the former concentration camp in the city of Oswiecim. It was a place where mostly Jews, Gypsies and Poles where kept during the war in inhumane conditions. They were killed there in gas chambers, but before that their gold teeth were pulled out, their hair shaved... You can see the actual remnants like those in the museum. Nazis also used human body fat to make soap. Also, medical experiments were being carried out on the camp prisoners during war, for example - they tried to change your eye colour by injecting some chemicals into it and did all sorts of mutilation to people while they were still alive.\nAs I said - it's not a question of belief. It did happen, it is documented, you can see the photos, talk to the people who survived it, see the piles of shoes, clothes, hair, watches, glasses of the ones who died in the concentration camps, visit the sites of mass graves. \nAnd then you can start wondering how on earth one human could do such a thing to another human being.
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I'm not sure of where Humble is. Our family is from a very small town in the Hill Country. Mom-in-law has shown us lots of different grave sites outside the traditional cemetery. Some are her distant relatives. She says that long ago, before the traditional cemetery's, people would bury their deceased family members on their property. Are the headstones legible? Take a piece of paper, place it flat over the headstone and rub a crayon or pencil over it. If the name is legible, take it to city hall or chamber of commerce, they may be able to trace the property owners. Even if you cannot read the headstones, you should report this to the authorities. Someone out there may be wondering where some family is buried. Also they used to bury people who died while traveling. We have one headstone there and all it says on it is "MEXICAN", no name at all. Do the right thing, and let someone know about your find.
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There are many theories why people place coins and other "offerings" on headstones. I have seen this at many historic sites, Calvin Coolidge grave etc.\n\n1. Some say money left at graveside goes back to the coins left at graves in ancient Greece to pay Charon, for ferry passage over the River Styx to Hades.\n\n2. It is a widespread custom to leave a small remembrance as a sign of respect in many cultures.\n\n3. It may be a secular version of the Jewish tradition of putting a pebble on the gravestone to show remembrance and respect.\n\nIn "The Jewish Home: a guide for Jewish living: by Daniel B. Syme it says the following:\n\n>>\n"In biblical times, ...graves were sometimes marked by a pile of stones. Some scholars suggest that this may explain the custom of leaving pebbles. There is no religious basis for the practice. It serves to indicate that loved ones have been to the grave, and that alone is sufficient cause to justify it. At least one contemporary rabbi, however, has suggested that leaving a stone may also have therapeutic benefit for us, especially if we see it as a symbolic means of leaving behind some of the 'hardness' of grief and pain." \n>>
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1: The way they dressed two thousand years ago, it was hard to tell a gardener from doctor.  You see someone in a cemetery early in the morning, you are probably not going to think it's a pretzel maker.\n\n2: Christianity, and all religions deal with eternity and death, both of which, deep down inside, scare the cocoa puffs out of us.  Note for your next board meeting:  When scared people do stupid things, sometimes believe stupid things, and all run for the one locked door in a burning building.