Aquamation Meaning, Process: Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s requested flameless cremation
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was cremated recently. In a private family service, his ashes were interred at St George's Cathedral on Sunday morning.
For Tutu's cremation, a new process known as aquamation, was undertaken.
In it, the body seems to have been getting reduced to dust with the help of water. The process is being touted as an environmentally friendly way of cremation.
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Aquamation was introduced in South Africa in 2019, a report said. It is authorised in only a few countries.
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