Hardly believe its been a month since V passed on... last night again I was at his home in Puchong helping setting things up for the 31st Day Prayers . Having done this is was easy as I know the steps.... well it was a busy night but you can hardly expect some people to believe it when I say I am busy.. woke up in the morning lead the way to deal with bones and the ashes... the the cleansing of the house and the afternoon prayers.
What is a 31st-Day Memorial
On the 31st day, a memorial service is held. In some traditions it is a repetition of the funeral rites. At home, all thoroughly clean the house. A priest purifies the home, and performs the sapindikarana, making one large pinda (representing the deceased) and three small, representing the father, grandfather and greatgrandfather. The large ball is cut in three pieces and joined with the small pindas to ritually unite the soul with the ancestors in the next world. The pindas are fed to the crows, to a cow or thrown in a river for the fish. Some perform this rite on the 11th day after cremation. Others perform it twice: on the 31st day or (11th, 15th, etc.) and after one year. Once the first sapindikarana is completed, the ritual impurity ends. Monthly repetition is also common for one year.
In between morning and lunch I met Jen for breakfast..... the mee kari near his office was awesome... Jen had oranges for me and Jnr Vadai hehehe its gonna be an orgy of oranges....
I am signing off for a week
C ya
Vadai out
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