Photo Gallery: Los Angeles County Annual Burial of the Unclaimed Dead nondenominational, interfaith ceremony held at L.A. County Cemetery in Boyle Heights
Raquel Salinas performs a Native American song after doing a Native American sage blessing during the annual Los Angeles County Burial of the Unclaimed Dead interfaith ceremony at the L.A. County Cemetery in Boyle Heights on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. The cremains of 1,430 individuals who died and were cremated in 2013 were buried in a single mass grave a few days before. There is a 3-year wait between death and burial to allow family members to come forward to claim the cremated remains before burial. L.A. County has been conducting burials for the unclaimed dead since 1896.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)Vicky Adams, 48 of L.A., center, brought flowers to the annual Los Angeles County Burial of the Unclaimed Dead interfaith ceremony at the L.A. County Cemetery in Boyle Heights on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. The cremains of 1,430 individuals who died and were cremated in 2013 were buried in a single mass grave a few days before. There is a 3-year wait between death and burial to allow family members to come forward to claim the cremated remains before burial. L.A. County has been conducting burials for the unclaimed dead since 1896.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)A bowl of burning incense was placed next to flowers at the end of the annual Los Angeles County Burial of the Unclaimed Dead interfaith ceremony at the L.A. County Cemetery in Boyle Heights on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. The cremains of 1,430 individuals who died and were cremated in 2013 were buried in a single mass grave a few days before. There is a 3-year wait between death and burial to allow family members to come forward to claim the cremated remains before burial. L.A. County has been conducting burials for the unclaimed dead since 1896.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)Rev. William Briones performed a Buddhist Chant during the annual Los Angeles County Burial of the Unclaimed Dead nondenominational interfaith ceremony at the L.A. County Cemetery in Boyle Heights on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. The cremains of 1,430 individuals who died and were cremated in 2013 were buried in a single mass grave a few days before. There is a 3-year wait between death and burial to allow family members to come forward to claim the cremated remains before burial. L.A. County has been conducting burials for the unclaimed dead since 1896.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)Native American sage burned during blessing at the annual Los Angeles County Burial of the Unclaimed Dead interfaith ceremony at the L.A. County Cemetery in Boyle Heights on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. The cremains of 1,430 individuals who died and were cremated in 2013 were buried in a single mass grave a few days before. There is a 3-year wait between death and burial to allow family members to come forward to claim the cremated remains before burial. L.A. County has been conducting burials for the unclaimed dead since 1896.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)Kelly Niles-Yokum, 49, placed incense into a burning bowl at the end of the annual Los Angeles County Burial of the Unclaimed Dead interfaith ceremony at the L.A. County Cemetery in Boyle Heights on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. The cremains of 1,430 individuals who died and were cremated in 2013 were buried in a single mass grave a few days before. There is a 3-year wait between death and burial to allow family members to come forward to claim the cremated remains before burial. L.A. County has been conducting burials for the unclaimed dead since 1896.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)An attendee placed incense into a burning bowl at the end of the annual Los Angeles County Burial of the Unclaimed Dead interfaith ceremony at the L.A. County Cemetery in Boyle Heights on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. The cremains of 1,430 individuals who died and were cremated in 2013 were buried in a single mass grave a few days before. There is a 3-year wait between death and burial to allow family members to come forward to claim the cremated remains before burial. L.A. County has been conducting burials for the unclaimed dead since 1896.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)Raquel Salinas did a Native American sage blessing during the annual Los Angeles County Burial of the Unclaimed Dead interfaith ceremony at the L.A. County Cemetery in Boyle Heights on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. The cremains of 1,430 individuals who died and were cremated in 2013 were buried in a single mass grave a few days before. There is a 3-year wait between death and burial to allow family members to come forward to claim the cremated remains before burial. L.A. County has been conducting burials for the unclaimed dead since 1896.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)