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The idea of scattering a loved one's ashes into a garden may sound taboo to some Singaporeans. Chinese tradition, for example, requires that the deceased's ashes have to be returned to their birthplaces and either buried or have their ashes preserved f'Returning to the earth': Over 1,300 want to scatter loved ones' ashes over Choa Chu Kang garden
The idea of scattering a loved one's ashes into a garden may sound taboo to some Singaporeans. Chinese tradition, for example, requires that the deceased's ashes have to be returned to their birthplaces and either buried or have their ashes preserved for future generations to pay respects to and receive blessings from, reported a New York Times article in 2015. The Catholic Church guidelines also said that Catholics cannot scatter ashes, although on a different basis: they believe in the resurrection of the body, thus the body should remain intact, the Straits Times mentioned in a 2017 article. Despite green funerals being hard to swallow for some families and religions, more Singaporeans are embracing this idea of scattering their loved ones' ashes, Lianhe Zaobao reported today (May 17). Green funeral site, the Garden of Peace, located near the Choa Chu Kang Columbarium, introduced an eco-friendlier way to deal with one's remains through ash-scattering last May. Read more