Thai Funeral
Seeing how other cultures treat the dead and act at funerals is very interesting. In Thailand, there is often close contact with the dead body, as you can see in this video. The family is there to offer the decedent various items as objects of love. Fresh coconut juice, flowers and incense are brought to the body and laid in the casket and afterward a big bag of kindling is added, along with a bottle of some sort of flammable liquid before the body is placed in the crematorium and ignited with what looks like the strike of a match. It seems rather matter-of-fact.
Some of this may seem like silly ritual – bringing offerings to the dead person. However, in our culture it is customary to send flowers to the funeral home and even to have a wreath on the casket. It’s the same thing if you think about it for a moment.
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