the right side folded over the left to be the opposite mirror of the way a kimono is normally folded on the living. The body is then left in the state, in preparation for the journey to the afterlife. As is for Western custom, the undertaker is called and friends and relatives are notified. Dates and arrangements of a funeral are often decided with special consideration for the Buddhist calendar. The day after the death a Buddhist Priest is invited to the family's home to recite a sutra. From the evening, family mem
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