1. What is memorialization?
It is perpetuating the memories. of deceased loved ones. It is keeping alive his lifes accomplishment in the minds of people who lived with him/her and whom she/he served. It is done via structures and events. For heroes, we build monuments and name buildings, parks and other public places. That is for younger generation to remember the hero, and his accomplishment and contribution to the nation.
Well that is for heroes. What about the ordinary man?
2. What does memorializaation cover:
Love: his girlfriend, his wife. husbaghnd, children, grandchildren, in laws
Laughter - his hobbies, entertainment, sports, recreation
Labor - his schooling, his suffering in life, his work, his profession
Legacy - his achievements in life, his quotes, his "pabaon" to his heirs
Seen in this life, visiting a wake does not look a fearful and daunting experience. We need not fear the dead but feel his loving presence with his memories, hence memorialization
3. How is memorialization accomplished?
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1. Rites - prayer, novena, 9th day, 40th day, death anniversary, requiem mass
2. Events - viewing tributes, procession, 21 gun salute, epitaph
3. Structures markers, mouseleum, crypts
4. How is memorialization accomplished/delivered at Holy Gardens Memorial
Park?
1. Most of the rites are done in the house and in the churches or place or worship
2. Events:
1. We provide free tarpaulin for the announcement of the dead, which includes the name, birthdate, death
3. Electronic tribute (for deluxe and luxury interments uploaded at You Tube and Daily Motion and archived)
4. Memory board - the picture of the deceased on a easel at the viewing for dedication by friends and visitors. This is given to the family aftewards
5. Memory display - momentoes - clothes, pictures, favorite things, trophies, medals, citations, certificates of the deceased are arranged and disoplayed at the viewing/wake. Thus we no longer see a lifeless decomposing body, but a living friend, loved one
6,. Balloon tribute - the picture and prayers of the loved ones on sinamay cloth, borne by several balloons are released during interment
7. Convoy, convoy ribbon and the tarp in #1
8. Interment ceremonies complete with flowers, music, epitaph, prayers, high fidelity sound system, dedication and eulogy. All done amidst tasteful motif
9 Interment marker; others build niches and mausoleum at memorial plots, garden or junior, garden estates
10 . All Saints day celebration - At Holy Gardens, the grounds are prepared -cr, lighting, leasing of spaces for food service providers, traffic, security are made to make the yearly memorialization of the departed loved ones safe, peaceful and enjoyable. Sacred and worthy of the memory of the loved one
Some say that memorialization in a memorial park just like Holy Gardens could be expensive.
"Pag para sa mahal, tunay na mahal"
The expenses we incur now, which people say are pricey, could not compare or equal to the love and devotion that our loved ones bestowed on us. For children, parents spent millions to make us grow and be educated. A memorial park and the service that goes with it is a but small fraction of their expenses on us. It may even be very miniscule compared to MDs professional and hospital bills
These are a lot of tributes for life. Memories must live forever
At Holy Gardens Memorial Park (Group) and through its Holy Gardens Memorial Package
Tributes for Life.
