Ashes to the Wind

[Moenah 1069]

Ashes to the Wind

 

[!] Passed to the citizens of Yong Ping, and other select people across Almaris, was an invitation, the event in question seeming to be somewhat of  a funeral. Details were written on rice paper, with a traditional Oyashiman ink painting depicted above it.

 

(Weeping, Matsuda Saiko, 1812)

 

At the request of his closest family, this invitation asks the presence of it’s recipients to attend the memorial procession of the late Solomon Takezo. In remembering his life and guiding his soul to his next life, the service will follow some Oyashiman customs. Attendees are encouraged to wear muted, dark colors, as only his closest relatives will be dressed in black. The only exception to this would be any Li-Ren attendees, the mourning color of that culture being white. 

 

Guests are encouraged to bring condolence money in a silver envelope, ‘okoden’, and pay their respects to the shrine in front. Once they are seated, people will be allowed to offer a few words, which after, the family will proceed to the front, each in turn offer incense three times to the incense urn before the shrine’s surface. At the end of this ceremony, after the monk’s chant, the guests and family will proceed to the pond in front of the temple, lighting lanterns on behalf of the deceased.

 

 

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Spoiler

OOC: Tuesday, April 6th, 8:30 PM EST, at the temple in Yong Ping

 

[Sevastiel 285]

A restless soul tosses without a grave, a melody deep within its mind.