At a crematorium , more prayers are said and the coffin is then taken away to be cremated. Later the ashes are returned to relatives to be buried or scattered. At a funeral the coffin is lowered into the ground and then covered with earth. Later a gravestone may be placed there giving some details of the person's life. In this way people are reminded that we are all human and made by God.
People often send flowers to a funeral as a tribute.
They represent the new life and the beauty of the world which the dead person is about to enter. Candles are sometimes lit to remind people that Jesus was the Light of the World and that because of him, Christians can be saved from their sins and go to heaven. It can be seen then that most of the things which Christians do after a person has died are closely related to their beliefs about life after death. Remember Christians believe that each person has 'one soul and one life to save it in'. Unlike members of some other religions, Christians do not believe in reincarnation in any form.