Cemetery Symbols: The Urn

One of the many statues that can be placed on a grave site that has a symbollic meaning is that of the Urn. If the Urn is shown half covered by a cloth, it shows that the deceaseds family believes in reincarnation, the space left by the absense of cloth allows for the soul to leave the Urn to be reincarnated. If, however, the Urn is completely covered by a cloth then reincarnation is not believed in. The cloth does not need to leave a space as the soul cannot move on after the body has died. The two photographs below to show these beliefs were both taken in Highgate Cemetery.