Funeral Offering

Usually just referred to as “burning an offering”.

A Barrayaran custom to pay respect to the dead is to burn a personal offering to the deceased at their grave, or at another significant spot.

This offering tends to be very personal, usually a lock of hair, or an important personal item. The greater the sacrifice made by the person offering, the higher the respect paid the deceased.

 
vorkosiverse/misc/funeral_offering.txt · Last modified: 2007/03/19 19:11 by martinsgill
 
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