Turian Funerary Practices

A source of fascination to alien cultures, the turians have an elaborate set of funerary practices that they believe are necessary to ensure their spirit's safe passage into the afterlife. These protocols include preserving the body of the deceased, invoking the Spirits through ritual and prayer, and burial with specific grave goods to help the spirit of the deceased retain their mortal identity. It is also customary for turians to be interred in family vaults, located within their signature necropoli, although the scale and grandeur of such vaults is largely dependent on geographical location and a family's social stature. 
The turian burial process has changed little over the millennia. Although specific details have changed slowly over time, the preparation of the body, spiritual rituals, and grave goods all remain essential parts of a proper turian funeral. Another core part of a turian funeral service is the practice of keening - wailing in lamentation for the dead - which typically happens in the latter part of the ceremony, when the deceased family member is being lowered into their tomb and as their tomb is being sealed.
Category:Lore
Category:Turian Culture