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title: "Humanist ceremonies"
date: "2021-12-08T15:34:37+00:00"
modified: "2021-12-15T14:01:24+00:00"
url: "https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/area/humanist-ceremonies/"
post_id: 3376
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# Humanist ceremonies

Humanists provide naming ceremonies, weddings, and funerals for people who feel a religious ceremony would not be suitable for them. They often draw attention to things that humanists value: our freedom to choose how we live, our responsibilities to each other, and the importance of connections in our lives.

**Humanist naming ceremonies** often focus on a child’s freedom to choose what they believe and how they live (a recognition of children’s human rights).

**Humanist weddings** often focus on the value of our connections with other people and celebrate the diversity of loving relationships.

**Humanist funerals** often focus on the fact that, although this is the one life we have, something of us can live on through the impact our lives had.