Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning. Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial.

Is burial and cremation same?

Cremation is a process in which the human body is burned to ashes. ... Cremation is an alternative to the burial process, in which the body is buried as opposed to being burnt.

Do you get buried if you are cremated?

When a body is cremated, it is incinerated so that all that remains are ashes. ... In the case of a burial, the body can be interred in the ground or entombed in a mausoleum. By comparison, cremated remains can be kept by the family, scattered, buried in the ground, or entombed in a columbarium.