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Show Japanese Funeral-RUesfy"""' Old pcoplo in Japan preparo for death by visiting shrines and Interviewing Inter-viewing Buddhist priests. Whon a person dies tho priest selects a posthumous posthu-mous name (katmes), and writes It on a slip of whtto paper on a tablet of unstained wood. The deceased person noxt lies In stnto for two days, when tho head Is shaven nnd tho body dressed for lntormont In puro white, tho costume being similar to that worn on festive occasions. Tho body Is then placed In tho coffln in a sitting position, tho hands folded in prayer, nnd tho vacant spaces being filled with tea leaves, Incense, or vermilion. The night before tho funeral Is spent by tho relatives In prayer, and next morning a procession Is formed to tho gravo, ovorybody and everything displaying dis-playing as much white as possible. The periods of mourning vary from fifty days of kl, or deep mourning, for a parent, during which no business must bo dono, tho razor abjurod, and tho grave visited dnlly, to thrco days for cousins, whllo buku or lighter mourning is observed from ninety to seven days. |