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| 2004-04-19 - Weird News Wireless Flash News Death To The Taboo Of Death | ||
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London, England (WFN) -- The Academy Awards of the British funeral industry were held yesterday (Apr. 18) at a crypt underneath a church on the site of the first nunnery to be built in London. The Natural Death Handbook Awards honor funeral directors, cemeteries, crematoria, coffin manufacturers, and natural burial grounds who help the bereaved to create the funeral they want. According to one organizer, "Death is one of society's final taboos. We want to see it become an unexceptional topic for everyday conversation and meditation." Awards were handed out to South Downs Natural Burial Site at East Meon for Best Natural Burial Ground; Best Cemetery and Best Crematorium both went to Carlisle Cemetery; Best Funeral Director went to Peace Funerals of Sheffield; and Best Coffin Manufacturer went to SAWD Ltd. for it's Bamboo Eco Coffin made almost entirely of bamboo.
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