A funeral is a ceremony for honoring, respecting, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from interment itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor. Customs vary widely both between cultures and between religious groups and denominations within cultures. Common secular motivations for funerals include mourning the deceased, celebrating their life, and offering support and sympathy to the bereaved. Additionally, funerals often have religious aspects which are intended to help the soul of the deceased reach the afterlife, resurrection or reincarnation.
The funeral generally includes a ritual through which the corpse of the deceased is given up. Depending on culture and religion, these can involve either the destruction of the body (for example, by cremation or sky burial) or its preservation (for example, by mummification or interment). Differing beliefs about cleanliness and the relationship between body and soul mean that a funerary practice that is deeply sacred to one culture may be absolutely taboo in another. When a funerary ceremony is performed but the body of the deceased is not available, it is usually called a memorial service.
Odilê, odilá
O que vem fazer aqui meu irmão
Vim sambar
Ô di lê, ô di lá
Que vem fazer aqui meu irmão
Vim sambar, obá
Entra na corrente
Corpo, mente
Coração, pulmão
Pra junto com a gente viajar
Na energia-som
Que veio de longe atravessou raio e trovão
Pra cair no samba e receber a vibração
Odilê, odilá...
Com a negrada do Harlem Jesus Cristo
Também vem
E pra sair do transe só com sino de Belém
Que faz romaria e procissão, samba também
E quem ta comigo, ta com o povo do além
Odilê, odilá...
Quem samba, se sobe tem combá tem furufim
Teve um olho d´água
E um sorrido de marfim
Se volta beijada é pigmeu ou curumim
Vira um preto velho pra sambar com a gente assim
Odilê, odilá...
Preta velha bate pé, bate colhe levanta pó
Dá marafo pro Odilê e solta logo seu gogó
Odilá de madrugada nem sem viola ta só
Pois ta com axá da velha nega preta sua vó