Let’s welcome new members of FIAT-IFTA
We are happy to welcome 10 new members of our
organization! Since February 2023 we have been
joined by 1 National Member, 5 Active Members
and 4 Associate Members. Please welcome:
National Members:
• GPT Durasek d.o.o. from Croatia
Active Members:
• Crossing World Group from Spain
• Grammenos International Repatriation Services
from Greece
• International Emergency Assistance from United
States
• MEC Servicios Funerarios from Spain
• Pohřební ústav Pegas CZ, s.r.o. from Czech Republic
Associate Members:
• Hřbitovy a pohřební služby hl. m. Prahy from
Czech Republic
• Lira Pogrenbi Centar from Croatia
• Previsiones Pedregales Del Sur from Mexico
• Schutz Bestatungen from Germany
If you wish to expand your network to enhance
the global exposure of your services, apply for
FIAT-IFTA Membership by sending us an e-mail
at info@thanos.org
Join the supervised practical
embalming workshop in
Barcelona – 10-13 October 2023
A unique opportunity for morticians to take
part in a training course organized by SORTEM
in cooperation with FIAT-IFTA. Members of the
organization will have a special discount!
Only 6 places are available! First come, first served!
The FIAT-IFTA Board of Directors hopes that this
training course will be the beginning of a Global
Education Program that will continue in the future
and foster the improvement of skills in various
areas of work of funeral professionals around the
world. The FIAT-IFTA Board hopes that this will be
the first of other initiatives by its members with the
aim to promote the development of the industry
worldwide.
Would you like to know why it is worth taking part
in mortuary workshops in Barcelona, when, where,
how and what is included? Please read more on
pages 22-23 in this issue of THANOS magazine.
English, Chinese, Spanish and French. FIAT-IFTA
members and all those who have knowledge
of intangible funeral heritage and would like
to present it in the pages of an international
publication, and thus preserve them for
future generations, are invited to contribute
to the report.
Some examples of the rich content gathered over
the years for the report are: funeral rituals from
Madagascar, Australia, Japan, various regions
of China, funeral customs of the Toraja people
of Indonesia, the ritual of dancing with masks
practiced at funerals in the African Republic of
Mali, funeral practices from Ethiopia, the custom
of flying kites to commemorate the dead on
All Saints’ Day in Guatemala, the tradition of
funeral processions in the United Kingdom, the
traditions associated with tomb sculpture in
Montreal, as well as carved memorial columns
serving as tombstones in ancient cemeteries in
Hungary, jade death masks practiced in Mexico,
traditional hearses in Japanese culture or the
history of ceramic flowers in France. The authors
also wrote about the role of music in funeral
ceremonies in the U.S. and Poland, the Krakow
Rękawka tradition and the Polish funeral speech
tradition.
If you have knowledge about intangible
funerary heritage and would like to share it
on the unique publication – “Funeral Heritage
Report”, please email info@thanos.org or
fiatifta-magazine@thanos.org
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