what a beautiful ceremony.

it may seem a bit uh earthy and heavy, but, years ago, my young cousin attended the western style funeral and burial of a relative and was quite worried that "auntie" would be quite unhappy living under the ground. required a lot of therapy after that.

you know, in the old days, they laid you out in the "parlor" for a few days. kind of demystified the deceased - in the sense that the body is nothing to be scared of (think horror movies) and uh concretizes? the change, loss etc.

my condolences. sorry to run on so much. hope i am not intruding.