Funeral_ceremony Culture_of_Vietnam

decorations placed around coffin @ home funeral in da nang




a funeral procession in sa pa



an old man in traditional dress on occasion of new year offering


wake

when person passes away in vietnam, surviving family holds wake or vigil typically lasts 5 6 days, may last longer if surviving family waiting other traveling relatives. body washed , dressed. le ngam ham, or chopstick, laid between teeth , pinch of rice , 3 coins placed in mouth. body put on grass mat laid on ground according saying, being born earth, 1 must return earth. dead body enveloped white cloth, le kham niem, , placed in coffin, le nhap quan. finally, funeral ceremony, le thanh phuc, officially performed.

funeral

the surviving family wear coarse gauze turbans , tunics funeral. there 2 types of funeral processions:

traditional: date , time funeral procession, le dua tang, must selected. relatives, friends, , descendants take part in funeral procession accompany dead along way burial ground. votives dropped along way. @ grave site, coffin lowered , buried. after 3 days of mourning, family visits tomb again, le mo cua ma, or worship opening grave. after 49 days, le chung that, family stops bringing rice dead altar. , finally, after 100 days, family celebrates tot khoc, or end of tears. after 1 year ceremony of first anniversary of relative s death , after 2 years ceremony of end of mourning.
modern: nowadays, mourning ceremonies follow new rituals simplified; consist of covering , putting dead body coffin, funeral procession, burial of sike grave, , visits tomb.

in vietnam, family of deceased undergo ritual after 100 days of them passing away, whole family sits in pairs in long line single member of family. monk (thay cung) place thin piece of cotton on family member s head , ring bell , chant while rotating bell around deceased s head, sending them in trance , open way deceased return living. bamboo tree leaves on top small pieces of paper deceased s name written on them start wave when deceased coming. believe after 100 days deceased may return realm , possess body of member of family undergoing ritual , once completed other members of family can communicate spirit of deceased through tranced family member.

normally ritual take day prepare , long 6 hours praying , chanting, changing family member @ front of line. afterwards burn paper house , paper made possessions (that deceased have loved during his/her life) may take through next life them.