1. Procedure for holding a wake and funeral

1. After the dying hour
2. Chief mourner
3. Contact the temple for funeral services
4. Arrangement with the coordinator from Life Care
5. Arrangement with relatives
6. Preparation for a wake and funeral
7. Set up the ceremonial hall
8. Encoffing
9. Wake
10. Preparation and confirmation of the funeral procedure
11. Funeral (Ceremony Program)
12. Farewell and carry a coffin out of the ceremonial place
13. Cremation, Gather ashes of the deceased
14. Burial
15. A religious service held on the seventh day after death and holding a purification ceremony
16. After the funeral

2. Schedule after the funeral

3. Description on traditional practice concerning funerals

1. After the dying hour

• Water to moisten lips of a deceased
• Phone to notify the family and relatives of death
• Contact the ceremony hall Life Care
• Wash a dead body and make up for a journey to eternity
• Lay the remains in state and decorate bedside of the deceased

2. Chief mourner

• Decide the Chief mourner
• Decide the Funeral coordinator ceremonial place

3. Contact the temple for funeral services

• Phone the temple
• Arrange for;
  • schedule of a wake
  • shedule of a funeral
  • Donation to the temple

4. Arrangement with the coordinator from Life Care

• Make a plan of schedule and place of a wake and a funeral
• Confirm faith,religious sect and temple
• Select the funeral style based on the budget
• Figure out expected mourners in number

5. Arragement with relatives

• Death notice
• Call on neighbors for death notice
• Assign some roles of funeral services to each relative
• Prepare mourning dress and accommodation
• Order floral and other offerings

6. Preparation for a wake and funeral

Commit the following procedures to the Life Care

• Death notice to the competent office
• Contact crematory
• Prepare a picture of the deceased displayed for the funeral
• Reserve a casket coach
• Hire transportation bus or taxi
• Coffin and other funeral outfit
• Set up the ceremonial hall
• Necessities and printed materials for reception
• A tent for rent
• Flower and fruits ( canned fruits)
• Wreath and hanging lantern
• A letter of acknowlegedgment to mourners
• Mourning dress
• Dishes served in a wake
• Dishes served in the funeral (OTOKI)
• Place a death notice in a newspaper

7. Set up the ceremonial hall

• Clean up the room
• Set up an altar
• Prepare mourning notice and guidepost
• Arrange the floral offerings in order
• Set up a waiting room
• Prepare parking space

8. Encoffing

• Dressing for the journey to eternity
• Procedure for encoffining

9. Wake

• Prepare for a wake
• Receive the priest
• Receive condolence callers
• Seating order
• Offer Sutra-chanting and burned incense for the repose of a departed soul
• Give an address of the chief mourner and serve dishes for a wake
• Send off the priest

10. Preparation and confirmation of the funeral procedure

• Prepare reception
• Prepare for carrying a coffin out of the ceremonial place
• Confirm the people attending cremation
• Prepare tips
• Confirm the ceremony time for purifying the mourning and attendants
• Confirm progress of the ceremony
• Confirm messages of condolence letter and telegram
• Prepare contribution to the priest

11. Funeral : Ceremony program

• Family of the deceased, relatives and attendants take seats
• The priest enters
• Give address for opening of the ceremony is given
• Provide Sutra chanting
• Receive condolence messages
• Read messages of condolence telegram
• Provide Sutra chanting
• Family and attendants offer burned incenses to the deceased
• The priest leaves
• Give an address for closing the ceremony is given

12. Farewell and carry a coffin out of the ceremonial place

• Farewell to the deceased
• The coffin is nailed
• Give an address for carrying a coffin
• Addess for closing of the ceremony is given

13. Cremation, Gather ashes of the deceased

• Schedule at the crematory

14. Burial

• Necessities for burial

15. A religiou service held on the seven days after death and holding a purification ceremony

• Washing hands and the use of purification salt
• Procedure for holding a Buddhist service
• Purification period of mourning

16.After the funeral

• Settle the remaining affairs of the funeral
• Call on the temple in acknowledgment of services

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1. Procedure for holding a wake and funeral
2. Schedule after the funeral
3. Description on traditional practice concerning funerals