Jewish Burial Ceremonies

[alegna#45]

I have just finished watching an episode of the tv drama Waking the Dead in which stones were placed on the gravestone during the burial ceremony, why is this done? I found it very moving.

[coco pops]

Think this explains it well.
http://www.kolel.org/pages/reb_on_the_web/ston esongrave.html

[oldfashioned]

same thing was done at the end of schindlers list, very moving and I am not religious,

[alegna#45]

cocoa-pops, thank you for your reply, I checked out the web site and the reason given was very moving, a nice way of remembering someone special.