What are they distributed at the funeral and why?

From this article you will find out what they distribute at the funeral and why?

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To facilitate the fate of the soul of the deceased, Christians have traditions that close relatives of the deceased adhere to. What are these traditions? What are they distributed at the funeral in honor of these traditions? We find out in this article.

What are they distributed at the funeral?

The following things are distributed at the funeral:

Nasal handkerchiefs
Scarves
Towels
Knot for the first oncoming
Sweets

Why are they distributed handkerchiefs at the funeral?

Nasal handkerchiefs are distributed to those people who are present in the church when the deceased is buried, and hold lit candles. In order not to burn his hands with drops of hot wax, they are wrapped in a handle in a handkerchief.

In some settlements, nasal handkerchiefs are distributed to all people who came to say goodbye to the deceased when he was taken out of the house. It is believed that in this case, a handkerchief may come in handy at a funeral for wiping tears.

Attention. As mentioned above, the relatives of the deceased distribute all the things to the funeral in order to facilitate the fate of the soul of the deceased in the next world.

Why are they distributed scarves at the funeral?

At the funeral, men who carry a coffin with a deceased man tie a hand with a handkerchief. You can remove the scarf after the grave with the deceased is buried.

Men bearing a coffin with a deceased from the Slavs tied a hand with a handkerchief

Why are they distributed towels at the funeral?

In some regions, instead of shawls, men carrying a coffin with a deceased hand are tied not with a scarf, but with a towel.

What do they give to a person who met the first after the funeral?

The Slavs have a tradition, collect a knot before they carry the dead man in the cemetery to bury. The knot consists of a scarf or towelto which they wrap the following items:

Threads with a needle
A cup with a spoon
Bread and salt
Sweets and cookies
Socks, if a deceased man, and stockings - a woman

Relatives take a knot with them to the cemetery. After the deceased is buried, and go home, outside the gates of the cemeteries, relatives give a knot to pass by the person who was the first to meet. The first person should take a knot, and bring it home, use it from it, and remember the deceased, even if he was not familiar with him.

What else are they distributed at the funeral of the Slavs?

After the funeral of the deceased, everyone goes to a memorial dinner that relatives of the house arrange or order in a cafe. When a memorial dinner ends, the relatives of the deceased give out the boys with sweets and cookies.

How to behave, having received such a bag? Sweets must be taken, and at the same time: "The kingdom of heaven (name the name of the deceased)." And at home, when you eat sweets, you need to remember the deceased with kind words.

What are they distributed at the funeral of other peoples?

We examined what traditions of Orthodox Christians have. And what are the traditions of other peoples?

It is customary for Muslims to give money to people who dug the grave, lowered the deceased into it, and the Qur'an reading over the deceased person.
At the Tatars, socks, towels, shawls and small cuts of matter who came to the funeral are distributed to the funeral.
The Chinese give all the envelopes with a coin inside all that came to the funeral to protect them from evil spirits.

What to do with things received at the funeral?

What to do with things received at the funeral? They are usually used in everyday life, and a deceased person is remembered with kind words. Throwing things from the funeral into the trash, burn them, or you can’t leave them in the cemetery. Orthodox people believe that the soul of the dead man may be offended.

And if you are squeamish, and do not want to use things from the funeral, it is better to send them to the church. But you need to warn the priest or his assistants that they are from the funeral, and name the name of the deceased.

So, now we know the purpose of the shawls, towels, which are distributed at the funeral.