Commercially, this probably isn't a viable option as I can't imagine firework manufacturers would be too happy at having to deal with human ashes.
But as I was watching numerous firework displays this weekend I found myself thinking what a wonderful send off it would be. I think it has similarities with the burning on a pyre rituals that are famous with Viking cremations.
I would find it a wonderful and very emotional sense of closure for the loss of someone.
It would also solve problems of space as there would be no need for a cemetery.
That said, I think people do still need to have a place for mourning. A place where you can go to remember specifically the person gone.
Looking at the first world war cemeteries in France, they serve a purpose so that we never forget the sacrifice of the soldiers who died, but also for generations of families who go to pay respects for a great grandfather whom they never knew.
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