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he moment of death among city dwellers reveals social reality about different kind of death and community. The present of funeral service in city, which routinely and professionally take cares deceased, becomes one important sign of transformation in the meaning of death among Muslim communities. The deceased and the people who take care of him or her do not know each other. This is the problem that becomes the question tried to answer in this research. First why does YBS exist in Yogyakarta and second how does the role of YBS in funeral business in Yogyakarta. The important concepts used in this research are urban Muslim, deceased treatment, funeral home, city and social solidarity.
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