Editing Funeral (section)

===In Mongolia===
In Mongolia, like many other cultures, funeral practices are the most important rituals that they follow.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} They have mixed their rituals with Buddhists due to creating a new, unique way of death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://buddhistdeathrituals.blogspot.com/2010/05/mongolian-death-rituals.html|title=Buddhist Death Rituals: Mongolian Death Rituals|last=Stephen|date=2010-05-01|website=Buddhist Death Rituals|access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref>

For Mongolians who are very strict about tradition, families choose from three different ways of burial: open-air burial which is most common, cremation, and embalming. Many factors go into deciding which funeral practice to do. These consisted of the family's social standing, the cause of death, and the place of death. Embalming was mainly chosen by members of the Lamaistic Church; by choosing this practice, they are usually buried in a sitting position. This would show that they would always be in the position of prayer. Also, more important people such as nobles would be buried with weapons, horses and food in their coffins to help them prepare for the next world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.welcome2mongolia.com/archives/mongolian-practice-of-burial/|title=Mongolian practice of burial|website=www.welcome2mongolia.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404130604/http://www.welcome2mongolia.com/archives/mongolian-practice-of-burial/|archive-date=2017-04-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The coffin is designed and built by three to four relatives, mainly men. The builders bring planks to the hut where the dead is located and put together the box and the lid. The same people who build the coffin also decorate the funeral. Most of this work is done after dusk. With specific instruction, they work on decorations inside the youngest daughter's house. The reason for this is so the deceased is not disturbed at night.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://materialreligions.blogspot.com/2015/04/objects-and-substances-of-funeral.html|title=Objects and Substances of Funeral Mediation in Mongolia: Coffin, Miniature Yurt and Food Offerings|date=2015-04-08|website=Objects and Substances of Funeral Mediation in Mongolia|access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref>