Buddhist Rituals
This ritual is not very weird as some others, the Buddhists believe that when a person dies it’s of extreme importance because they enter in a trance where they take 4 days to recognize that they are death, when they finally realize this they will see the light without freaking themselves being part of the light and rest in peace. During this, the monks pray for them and his body is burned.
http://www.buddhanet.net/d_cermon.htm
Jewish Ritual
This ritual is very normal. When a person dies, their body should be clean before they put it in the tombstone; there are some priests or “holy society” that cares about the cleaning of the body. They can’t take the organs and the family can’t enter into the room of the cleaning. Before entering any jewish house they should wash their hands. After this process, the body will be covered and it’s going to be located in the middle of some lights. Then, after that they body can’t be alone for a long time.
http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/cycle/death.htm 