The article deals with funeral and funeral traditions and their corresponding rituals on the example of monuments of the Pazyryk culture. Due to climatic and geographical conditions, it became possible to reconstruct the burial process itself through archaeological research and scientific analysis of the data obtained. Special attention is paid to the pre-burial stages and preparation of the body, burial and appearance of the barrow, accompanying inventory, horse ritual sacrifice, post-funeral actions and the final stage in the form of emotional recovery of participants in the ritual process through the rite of purification.