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Old Apr 5, 2010, 7:58 am
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nishimark
 
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A couple of other notes. May not apply to the OP, but maybe someone else. Money in the special envelope given at the funeral should not be new, crisp bills, opposite of a wedding, for example. The wake will generally take place the night of the death and the funeral the next day. There is a Buddhist calendar system that consists of 6 days that generally rotate. One of those days is called "tomobiki" and a funeral will never be held on that day, as the kanji imply bringing your friend, in other words pulling your friend into death. If the next day after dying is tomobiki, then they will wait an extra day. Many business calendars have these days printed on them.
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