tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909815.post308180463506367630..comments2023-12-01T11:40:55.236+09:00Comments on Kedahan-Malaysian @ Japan: My mother's not-so-fat Chinese funeralLrong Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16071380270069499888noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909815.post-25482854001581901652012-02-26T22:44:19.611+09:002012-02-26T22:44:19.611+09:00Thanks for sharing though it is long long process ...Thanks for sharing though it is long long process of prayers and the sons to suffer. Have you thought, your mum could have looked after you all for 16 years before leaving home for university or anything, but the crawling sessions is less than 16 hrs, I suppose. Even all the added days you all suffered, worth it for a mother. The worst, is I ever witnessed those didnot return home when a mother died. <br /><br />Your mum is sure in heaven now. You all get her blessing as you all are honoured children. <br /><br />Interesting and wonderful sharing of your clan in Kedah.Dewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456082603495973748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909815.post-85582843442117019862010-09-29T09:45:14.449+09:002010-09-29T09:45:14.449+09:00It was a test of tolerance in many aspects, so to ...It was a test of tolerance in many aspects, so to say... but on hindsight, I am happy to say that I had an opportunity to go through all these 'traditions' before they are being done away with, eventually... on the crawling, we crawled along the coffin (not around it) as it was being taken away...Lrong Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071380270069499888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909815.post-23095491393109810542010-09-29T00:45:09.985+09:002010-09-29T00:45:09.985+09:00What a long tiring process for the funeral and bur...What a long tiring process for the funeral and burial. Wow! Incredible that these superst!tions are still being observed though I think are those living in the cities had done away with many of the traditional beliefs. I am surprised to learn that mourners have to crawl on all fours around the coffin. Usually from what I heard and witnessed, the close relatives just walk round the coffin a few times. It's good that there is a nursing home in the housing estate. At least your mom had seen you during your last visit before she passed away. May she RIP!<br />(Alice)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com