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Can you have a Viking funeral in Australia?
If you’re looking to leave this world in a flaming ship pushed out to sea or being left to the vultures in a sky burial, you will need to think again. In the Northern Territory, like all other Australian states and territories, there are only two ways a body can be legally disposed of — burial or cremation.
Can you have a Viking boat funeral?
“Although having a ‘Hollywood style’ Viking funeral would be logistically impossible and completely illegal, having an authentic Viking funeral is actually legal. Cremation or burial on land or sea to emulate Viking funeral rites and customs is a real possibility in the USA.”
Are Viking funerals legal in international waters?
International law does allow for an un-cremated body to be buried at sea. California is the only U.S. State that does not permit full body burials at sea. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulations for full body burials at sea in the United States.
Can you be buried at sea in Australia?
In Australia burials at sea are regulated under the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981, administered by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Burials at sea—loaded in Australia or conducted on an Australian vessel—require a permit.
Is it legal to be buried at sea?
The EPA has issued a general permit under the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) to authorize the burial of human remains at sea. The MPRSA general permit authorizes the transportation and burial at sea of non-cremated and cremated human remains in ocean waters under specified conditions.
What is a Viking boat grave?
Last month, archaeologists excavating the Skeiet Viking farm in Vinjeøra, Norway, unearthed an unexpected burial: namely, a boat containing the remains of a woman nested inside of a second boat occupied by the body of a man laid to rest some 100 years earlier.
Is burial at sea legal?
In California, the body must be buried in approved Federal waters, at least three miles off the coast and in waters at least 600 feet deep. There is a maritime cemetery in the ocean, approximately 6 miles south of Palos Verdes, which is specifically designated for this purpose.
Why are funeral pyres illegal?
Legality of open-air pyres In ancient times burning bodies was a practiced form of burial. Even today people tend to bury the dead or cremate them. Open-air cremations, known as funeral pyres, are uncommon and even illegal in some countries, particularly in the Western World, because it is considered taboo.
Are at sea burials illegal?
Can a captain bury you at sea?
Anyone can be buried at sea Although many people who are buried at sea are former sailors or navy personnel, there is no need to have a connection with maritime life. The navy conducts its own burials at sea, for those veterans who wish it.
Are Viking funerals legal in the UK?
As mentioned previously, real Viking funerals are legal, and having one is actually rather simple too.
What happens to cremated ashes in a Viking funeral?
Traditional high-ranking Viking funerals cremated the deceased on land first and then sent a separate burning pyre out to sea. Assuming you have the right permits, you too can dispose of cremated ashes in the water, and you might even be able to set fire to a small raft with the cremated ashes and a few personal trinkets on top.
Can you have a funeral pyre in the Northern Territory?
In the Northern Territory, like all other Australian states and territories, there are only two ways a body can be legally disposed of — burial or cremation. While the definition of cremation is to consume by fire, you cannot have a funeral pyre erected in the back paddock for your body to be burned a la Game Of Thrones.
Is it possible to be cremated on a Viking boat?
If your dream is to be cremated and set adrift a flaming Viking boat surrounded by food, ale and some of your other favorite things, while your friends and family have a party to celebrate your life, as they watch you float gently out to sea and onto Valhalla, I’m sorry to say- this won’t be happening.